Kim Davis loses again: Court denies qualified immunity bid for denying gay couples marriage licenses

Two couples have sued Davis for the “mental anguish, emotional distress, humiliation and reputation damages” she caused.

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A federal court of appeals has ruled yet again that former Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis – who refused to provide marriage licenses to gay couples after marriage equality was legalized – does not have qualified immunity.

Qualified immunity protects government officials from personal liability for violating someone’s rights, unless they are in violation of “clearly established” constitutional rights, as the Supreme Court case of Harlow v. Fitzgerald decided in 1982.

Davis already lost her plea for qualified immunity in the case several years ago. The most recent opinion stated that…

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