BREAKING: 5 of 6 deputies agree to comply with order to issue licenses to all. [Rowan County, KY]

twitter ^ | 09/03/2015 | Dan Griffin WSAZ

[GIdget2004]

Dan Griffin ‏@WSAZDanGriffin 3m3 minutes ago Only clerk not willing: Nathan Davis, Davis' son.

Dan Griffin ‏@WSAZDanGriffin 4m4 minutes ago #KimDavis will be brought back in shortly to discuss contempt and willingness to follow order again. #WSAZ 4 retweets 1 favorite Reply Retweet 4 Favorite 1 More Dan Griffin ‏@WSAZDanGriffin 4m4 minutes ago Judge is unclear of validity of licenses. Says couples can make decision as to whether to proceed. #WSAZ

Dan Griffin ‏@WSAZDanGriffin 5m5 minutes ago In brief recess: 5 of 6 deputies agree to comply with order to issue licenses to all. #WSAZ #ky #rowan

[MortMan]

Can the deputies issue licenses without the clerk’s approval?

[grobdriver]

So throw her in the clink for a bit, let her stew... and then bring her back out and say, "Now, what do you think?"

I bet she gives him the same answer.

[Genoa]

The federal judge approves.

[Skooz]

Does it even matter any more?

Laws, rules, ethics, procedure ... all relics of yesteryear’s America.

[MortMan]

Then fedgov has declared war on the republic.

[Politicalkiddo]

I hope so.

[rfreedom4u]

I believe her main objection is that her name appears on the license since she is the county clerk. A simple solution would be to remove her name and put someone else’s name on them that is willing to follow the unconstitutional ruling by SCOTUS.

[Old Sarge]

[alancarp]

Can the deputies issue licenses without the clerk’s approval?

My reading of Kentucky law is that those deputy clerks have no legal authority to issue marriage licenses at all. In the absence of the County Clerk, the duty falls to a County judge, not them.

[Ray76]

Ky. Rev. Stat. 402.050(1)(b) Marriage shall be solemnized only by ... Justices and judges of the Court of Justice, retired justices and judges of the Court of Justice except those removed for cause or convicted of a felony, county judges/executive, and such justices of the peace and fiscal court commissioners as the Governor or the county judge/executive authorizes

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36470

[gorush]

If I had your House gif I’d post it response to that graphic. :{)

[Ray76]

I don’t see sheriff deputy on that list.

Have the duputies been made JPs?

[mastertex]

This is a elected position.....no one can issue legal marriage license but the county clerk.....Voters must impeach the clerk and the Governor may appoint a intermediate replacement until a newly elected clerk is sworn in to be 100% legal....

[NormsRevenge]

If ya wanna sleep in your own bed tonite. Ya do what the man says.

What would Ben Franklin say?

[Ray76]

It’s another front in the judicial putsch.

“Just following orders” doesn’t cut it. Arrest the deputies.

[Old Sarge]

[AU72]

So where’s the judge that would throw Citizen Clinton in the klink until she coughs up the emails?

[Lurking Libertarian]

Marriage shall be solemnized only by

You're looking at the wrong statute. "Solemnized" is talking about the wedding ceremony; issuing the license is a separate, and prior, step.

[fella]

Constitution!?

Contitution!?

We doon need no stink'n Constitution!!