Overview

• In a Fox News interview, Hillary Clinton predicted the justices would return marriage rights to the states and advised LGBTQ+ couples in committed relationships to consider marrying now.
• The Supreme Court has not taken a case to overturn Obergefell as a petition from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis seeking to revisit the ruling awaits a decision on whether to be heard.
• Davis’s filing also asks the Court to relieve her of a jury damages verdict and attorneys’ fees and argues Obergefell conflicts with religious liberty.
• The Respect for Marriage Act, enacted in 2022, requires federal recognition of same-sex marriages and mandates states recognize marriages performed elsewhere but does not require states to issue licenses.
• Republican lawmakers in several states have introduced nonbinding resolutions urging reconsideration of Obergefell, none of which have passed, and conservative commentary has dismissed Clinton’s warning as fearmongering and not a party priority.