Supreme Court weighs appeal to overturn ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide

Source: Associated Press, via PBS


FILE PHOTO: Same-sex marriage supporters hold a pride flag in front of the Supreme Court before a hearing about same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2015. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Supreme Court weighs appeal to overturn ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide

By — Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Politics Nov 7, 2025 2:37 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference.

Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney's fees to a couple whom she denied a marriage license. … The justices could say as early as Monday what they'll do.

In urging the court to take up her case, Davis' lawyers repeatedly invoked the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the nine justices has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling.

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