Kim Davis asks Kentucky governor to free her in same-sex marriage case

[struggle4progress]

By Ralph Ellis and Ed Payne, CNN
Updated 6:32 PM ET, Mon September 7, 2015

(CNN) Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who's refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, on Monday asked the Kentucky governor to immediately free her from jail ... Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear's office said Monday he won't respond, noting that the conflict was a "matter between her and the courts" ... U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered her to jail Thursday, ruling she was in contempt of court for refusing to issue the licenses and not allowing her deputies to distribute them ... "Government officials are free to disagree with the law, but not disobey it," U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey said in a statement. "The county clerk has presented her position through the federal court system, all of the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is time for the clerk and the county to follow the law" ...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/07/politics/kim-davis-same-sex-marriage-kentucky-governor/

Her lawyer must be out of his mind

[hobbit709]

1. Stupidity of that level should be immediately and excruciatingly painful to the stupid.

[geek tragedy]

2. Asking the governor to free her from federal custody?

That crowd has a pre-Appomattox mentality.

[smirkymonkey]

3. I just want to smack the shit out of this arrogant, narcissistic turd.

Someone needs to put her in her place. Hard and fast.

[6chars]

4. She is going to cash in on her fame

you know it. Fox legal commentator? Radio show?

[BarstowCowboy]

7. Nope to TV, maybe radio

There's not enough makeup and cosmetic talent in all of NYC to put her on FOX news. She's got a face for radio though.

[PJMcK]

13. Love this comment

"She's got a face for radio though."

Hah!

[Ms. Toad]

17. Please delete.

Using a woman's appearance to attack her is really offensive - more suited to places like freeperville than DU.

[gvstn]

24. I'm not sure even FOXNews will have her.

http://www.joemygod.com/2015/09/07/fox-panel-mat-staver-is-ridiculously-stupid-video/

[Heeeeers Johnny]

5. If the contempt of court charge was issued by a U.S. District Court judge

How the fuck would the Governor have any authority to have her released even if he wanted to?

[VanillaRhapsody]

6. and she knows that....or she should...

[MiniMe]

20. Not sure that she should know that, but her lawyer certainly should

[VanillaRhapsody]

21. She is long time county clerk....i assune

She knows something about how laws work....like what is out of her jurisdiction...she knows how that shit rolls down.

[MiniMe]

22. She has the elected position because her mother had the elected position

That doesn't mean she knows law. Remember, she listens to a "higher" authority.

[VanillaRhapsody]

28. I know...but she knows she doesnt supercede

Fed law......she is just trying the martyr for dollars ploy

[longship]

8. Remember, these are lawyers from Jerry Falwell's so-called university.

For some strange reason entitled, "Liberty University", an oxymoronic name if I ever saw one. It has nothing to do with either liberty or a university.

[struggle4progress]

10. As the courts began to dismantle Jim Crow, Jerry found he held deep religious convictions

against integration, and he also discovered (to his joy and profit) that he could operate private segregated schools as tax-exempt religious institutions; this neatly coincided with his personal notions of liberty and justice for all. Unfortunately, the tides of history were against granting tax-breaks for bigotry; and the tax-breaks eventually disappeared, which politicized him

[Gman]

9. No they're not out of their minds

They've been wanting to manufacture a persecuted "Christian" and they have one right here. She's worth A LOT of money right now in fundraising, books, speaking engagements. Crazy like a fox.

[Takket]

14. the good news is she won't get the gofundme handouts.

Gofundme has shut down that route. she's going to have to actually work to get rich, but even then I suspect religious zealots will just tell her what to say as they pull the string behind the scenes. not sure if getting rich will be as easy as she thinks it is. the zealots will want to be rich too and will probably manipulate her for that goal.

[tartan2]

11. RESIGN AS COUNTY CLERK

if you can't abide by the law of the land then resign or shut up.

[rurallib]

12. give Beshears credit for not replying with

hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha
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[spanone]

15. ...and the governor won't respond. good for him.

he's right, it's a matter between her & the courts.

[Sgent]

18. If you read the article

she wasn't asking for him to violate the court order.

She was asking him to issue an executive order which would take her name off the marriage licenses, after which she would comply with the federal court order.

It wasn't quite as stupid as an appeal to the governor initially seemed.

[ColesCountyDem]

19. No, it is exactly as stupid as it initially seemed.

The governor cannot change KY statutes by executive order.

[Quackers]

23. Just curious

But how long can they keep her in jail? There has to be a set time limit or something.

[dragonlady]

26. She will stay until she agrees to comply with the court's order

Or until her term of office is finished or the legislature passes a law changing the license procedure, or some other thing happens that ends the duty she must perform as a clerk. With contempt of court, the judge does not impose any set amount of jail time as would be the case with a criminal conviction. As the saying goes, "she holds the key to the jail cell in her hands" and can get out anytime she decides to stop acting with contempt for the court's authority.

[Katashi_itto]

29. So far the record is 19 years in jail.

[Monk06]

25. She's not just in contempt of court she doubled down by trying to influence the assistant CCs

by communicating through her lawyers that ALL marriage licences require her signature.

She's lucky she doesn't get charged with obstruction on top of contempt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. These idiots don't understand the concept of jurisdiction.

It's sort of like, this lot is my piece of land and I can do with it what I please. Your lot is owned by you and you can do what you please with it. Only on a national scale.