Supreme Court weighs longshot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

[Kamaji]

Supreme Court weighs longshot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

By  MARK SHERMAN
Updated 2:02 PM EST, November 7, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to a couple whom she denied a marriage license.

The justices could say as early as Monday what they’ll do.

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Source:  https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-kim-davis-cf8de49d51872e55eda46947f8ea8231

[Hoodat]

Obergefell was an even more egregious decision than Roe.  The Court does not get to pick and choose which State laws get to be forced on other States.  They ruled that it is OK to subject every other State to Vermont marriage law.  But refuse to do the same when it comes to Texas gun laws or Mississippi abortion laws.

[Fishrrman]

This is an issue which can't be "sent back to the states". That just won't work.

It must either be affirmed (i.e., a refusal to hear the case), or reversed.

[Luis Gonzalez]

This is an issue which can't be "sent back to the states". That just won't work.

It must either be affirmed (i.e., a refusal to hear the case), or reversed.

I've been desperately searching the net for an old site that detailed the process that's followed when State Laws conflict re: First cousins can legally marry in 18 States of the Union, Alabama being one of them.

So Billie Jean and Bobbi Joe get hitched in 'Bama, then their job transfers them to Idaho. What then?

IIRC In spite of the fact that Idaho does not allow first cousin hookups, they will recognize the Alabama marriage as legal and afford the couple all rights that come with the it.

So in theory, it could be left to the States.