老澳门开奖结果 Files to Hold Kentucky County Clerk Accountable for Refusing Marriage Licenses
Rowan County Clerk Must Carry Out Duties as a Public Official and Marry all Couples
NEW YORK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky today filed two motions with a Kentucky district court to hold Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis accountable for her continuing refusal to issue marriage licenses to couples in the case Miller v. Davis.
The motions ask the court to hold Davis in contempt of court for failing to comply with its previous ruling and to clarify that Davis must issue marriage licenses to everybody, not just the four named couples in the case. The court set a contempt hearing for this Thursday, at which Davis will be required to answer to the judge for her violation of the order and could face steep fines.
Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Davis鈥� request for an emergency stay of the district court鈥檚 order pending an appeal. Davis, thus, has no legal basis to avoid performing her duties as government clerk, which include issuing marriage licenses to same-sex and opposite sex couples following the historic and sweeping marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges this June.
The following comment may be attributed to Steven R. Shapiro, legal director of the 老澳门开奖结果:
鈥淚t is unfortunate that we鈥檝e been compelled to take further action today to ensure that the people of Rowan County can obtain the marriage licenses they鈥檙e entitled to receive from their County Clerk鈥檚 office. The law is clear and the courts have spoken. The duty of public officials is to enforce the law, not place themselves above it.鈥�
