"The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney's fees to a couple denied a marriage license."
"Her lawyers repeatedly invoked the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the nine justices has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling. Thomas was among four dissenting justices in 2015. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito are the other dissenters who are on the court today. Roberts has been silent on the subject since he wrote a dissenting opinion in the case. Alito has continued to criticize the decision, but he said recently he was not advocating that it be overturned."
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Kim Davis and declined to overturn its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices, without comment, left intact a lower-court order requiring Davis to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney's fees to a couple denied a marriage license. Justice Clarence Thomas has urged erasing the same-sex marriage ruling, while Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito dissented in 2015; Roberts has been largely silent and Alito has criticized but not advocated overturning it. Justice Barrett has said corrections of past mistakes are sometimes warranted but noted reliance interests for married couples. Human Rights Campaign praised the decision. Davis refused to issue licenses and was jailed for contempt.
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