Supreme Court Weighs Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage in Kim Davis Case
FILE - Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky., on Sept. 1 2015. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Supreme Court to Consider Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Oct. 24, 2025, 12:30 AM CDT
The Supreme Court has scheduled a conference for Nov. 7 to decide whether to hear a case seeking to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 ruling that guaranteed the right to same-sex marriage across the United States, Newsweek reports.
The case was brought by Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention in 2015 when she was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis’ lawyer told Newsweek that the landmark ruling “has no basis in the Constitution.” According to The Advocate, the Court could announce its decision on whether to hear the case by Nov. 10.
Earlier this year, on Aug. 13, 2025, Davis filed an appeal against a lower court ruling that ordered her to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the same couple involved in her original case. She is asking the Supreme Court to formally overturn Obergefell, though legal experts say her challenge is unlikely to succeed.
The Respect for Marriage Act, passed in 2022 with bipartisan support, currently requires all states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages. This marks the first formal Supreme Court challenge to Obergefell since it was decided. If the justices decline to hear the case, the lower court ruling will stand; if they accept it, oral arguments could be scheduled as early as spring 2026.
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