"A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference. Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges."
"In urging the court to take up her case, Davis' 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 one of four dissenting justices in 2015. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito are the other dissenters who also remain on the court. Roberts has been silent on the subject since he wrote a dissenting opinion in the case."
A call to overturn the Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the justices' closed-door conference agenda. The court may consider a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and sought review of a lower court order requiring her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney fees. Davis' lawyers cited Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the justices has called for erasing the ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito dissented in 2015. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has said the court sometimes should correct past rulings, but she noted reliance interests in same-sex marriage.
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