The Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis asking the justices to overturn its 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

The high court did not elaborate on its decision to reject the petition, but the justices were widely expected to reject the appeal despite significant media attention to it. Davis, who made national headlines in 2015 for refusing to issue a marriage license for a same-sex couple despite the high court’s ruling, claimed that her First Amendment religious rights should shield her from personal liability for denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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