Overview

• In July, former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis formally asked the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
• Davis’s attorneys at Liberty Counsel contend that Obergefell was wrongly grounded in the “legal fiction of substantive due process” and urge a return of marriage regulation to the states, citing Washington v. Glucksberg and dissenters from Dobbs.
• A recent Liberty Counsel press release expresses optimism in the case, noting three justices dissented in Obergefell and framing the appeal as a test of First Amendment protections.
• Actress Sally Field’s son, Sam Greisman, posted “Not this hideous bitch again” on X in response to news of Davis’s petition, drawing widespread attention and criticism online.
• Davis’s representative branded Greisman’s remark “childish” and highlighted her past request to remove her name from licenses, her six-day jailing, and ongoing civil judgments as central to her Supreme Court bid.