How long can she be held in jail? Is this until she decides to comply or quit?
The NPR article I read said this:
District Judge David L. Bunning ordered Kim Davis taken into custody by federal marshals "until she complies" with a court order.A
And I sincerely hope that once she decides to comply - if she does - that gay couples drive from all over just to have her issue them a license. I would love to see that.
Post by meshaliuknits on Sept 3, 2015 16:46:33 GMT -5
I don't really understand Huckabee's point. If the SCOTUS has said it shall be so and each state has to enact legislation following that to fall into line, wouldn't some of them just never enact that law effectively still banning marriages? Unless rulings come with a drop dead date? Like Joe said, I'm pretty sure one day segregation was OK and the next the national guard was escorting kids to school. I don't think Kansas enacting legislation in the interim.
I don't really understand Huckabee's point. If the SCOTUS has said it shall be so and each state has to enact legislation following that to fall into line, wouldn't some of them just never enact that law effectively still banning marriages? Unless rulings come with a drop dead date? Like Joe said, I'm pretty sure one day segregation was OK and the next the national guard was escorting kids to school. I don't think Kansas enacting legislation in the interim.
But Lincoln! And the Supreme Court was wrong once, but just the once with Dred Scott, not with anything else like, Plessy v. Ferguson. At least that was my understanding of whatever his answer was.
I don't really understand Huckabee's point. If the SCOTUS has said it shall be so and each state has to enact legislation following that to fall into line, wouldn't some of them just never enact that law effectively still banning marriages? Unless rulings come with a drop dead date? Like Joe said, I'm pretty sure one day segregation was OK and the next the national guard was escorting kids to school. I don't think Kansas enacting legislation in the interim.
But Lincoln! And the Supreme Court was wrong once, but just the once with Dred Scott, not with anything else like, Plessy v. Ferguson. At least that was my understanding of whatever his answer was.
So I'm not lost alone. Because I was really trying to understand!
How long can she be held in jail? Is this until she decides to comply or quit?
On contempt, you're in jail until the judge lets you out. In this case, he said until she complies....which...how can she comply while she's locked up. I suppose if she tells him she will comply he'll let her out. Then she has to actually comply.
I ain't mad, though. Let her sit her self righteous ass in jail. Eat that jail food. Sleep in the jail bed. She'd have been a martyr either way, I'd rather she be locked up. Jail sometimes takes its toll on a person's resolve.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
How long can she be held in jail? Is this until she decides to comply or quit?
On contempt, you're in jail until the judge lets you out. In this case, he said until she complies....which...how can she comply while she's locked up. I suppose if she tells him she will comply he'll let her out. Then she has to actually comply.
I ain't mad, though. Let her sit her self righteous ass in jail. Eat that jail food. Sleep in the jail bed. She'd have been a martyr either way, I'd rather she be locked up. Jail sometimes takes its toll on a person's resolve.
Would she get out if she decided to resign without complying?
On contempt, you're in jail until the judge lets you out. In this case, he said until she complies....which...how can she comply while she's locked up. I suppose if she tells him she will comply he'll let her out. Then she has to actually comply.
I ain't mad, though. Let her sit her self righteous ass in jail. Eat that jail food. Sleep in the jail bed. She'd have been a martyr either way, I'd rather she be locked up. Jail sometimes takes its toll on a person's resolve.
Would she get out if she decided to resign without complying?
I'd love it if the judge ordered her to pay back the zillions of dollars the state of KY has wasted on this mess before she could be freed. But he hasn't mentioned anything about fines yet, so I doubt it'll happen.
Would she get out if she decided to resign without complying?
I'd love it if the judge ordered her to pay back the zillions of dollars the state of KY has wasted on this mess before she could be freed. But he hasn't mentioned anything about fines yet, so I doubt it'll happen.
Don't be too sure. It could still happen on her way out of jail, I think. Especially reimbursement for court costs, plaintiff attorney fees (depending on the original judgment), and costs of incarceration.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley