[UPDATE 1/30/2019: The headline and first paragraph of the Lexington Herald Leader say that lawyers for Governor Matt Bevin want Kim Davis to pay the state's legal bills, but a quote from one of the lawyers later in the story makes it clear they want the office of the country clerk where Davis used to work to pay the bill, not Davis personally.]
When Kim Davis was the county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, she refused a federal court order to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Her illegal shenanigans ended up costing the state a lot of money in legal bills, and now lawyers for Governor Matt Bevin say she has to pay it back to the tune of nearly a quarter million dollars.
From the Lexington Herald Leader:
"Her local policy stood in direct conflict with her statutory obligation to issue marriage licenses to qualified Kentucky couples. The local policy also undermined the Commonwealth of Kentucky's interest in upholding the rule of law," Bevin attorney Palmer G. Vance II wrote in one brief.
"Davis had an independent and sworn duty to uphold the law as an elected county officer," Vance wrote. "If fees are awarded, they must be the responsibility of the Rowan County clerk's office, which should be deterred from engaging in conduct that violates civil rights — and leads to costly litigation."
Don't feel sorry for Davis, a MAGAfundme campaign will undoubtedly come to her rescue.
Image: Mugshot of former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis from the Rowan County Sheriff's office
