The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider this fall whether to take up a case that explicitly asks it to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, known as Obergefell v. Hodges. The petition was filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds. Davis, who lost her case in lower courts and was ordered to pay $100,000 in damages, is appealing to the Supreme Court to revisit the ruling. Her petition challenges the legal basis of the 2015 decision, specifically questioning the concept of substantive due process. This is the first formal appeal to overturn the ruling since it was issued a decade ago. Legal experts suggest the justices are unlikely to take the case, but some reports indicate there is a chance the Supreme Court will hear arguments. If the ruling is overturned, same-sex marriage could potentially be banned in up to 32 states, reverting the issue to state-level decisions. Three of the four justices who dissented in the original Obergefell decision remain on the current court. The case has reignited debates among conservative opponents of marriage rights for same-sex couples, who seek to reverse the legal precedent and allow states to set their own policies.
This fall, the Supreme Court will consider whether to take up a case that explicitly asks it to overturn the landmark same-sex marriage ruling. If that decision were overturned, what would that mean for married same-sex couples in California and across the U.S.? https://t.co/jFw3Oj9yRD
The notorious ex-county clerk wants the Supreme Court to undo same-sex marriage, and Cohen has a few things to say — none of them polite. https://t.co/W5FqoL8Hvn
Kim Davis has suffered injustice for over 10 years now, as her First Amendment rights have been attacked. At the root of it is the legal fiction of Obergefell, which invented a "right" to so-called same sex marriage that was nowhere to be found in the Constitution. Thank you https://t.co/CMipwFTAXn