Ten years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), the Court is facing a formal request to overturn that landmark ruling.

Kim Davis, former Kentucky county clerk famously jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds, is appealing a $100,000 jury verdict plus $260,000 in attorneys fees.

The big picture: Davis filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to hear her case, claiming First Amendment protections of religious freedom shield her from liability. • More fundamentally, Davis’ legal team argues that Obergefell was “egregiously wrong” and must be overturned, describing Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion as “legal fiction.” • This is the first time since 2015 that t

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