Kentucky marriage statute: Chapter 402.990(8) “If any deputy clerk or any person other than a county clerk knowingly issues a marriage license in violation of this chapter, but not for a prohibited marriage, he shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and if he knowingly issues a license for a marriage prohibited by this chapter, he shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.”
It appears Bunning is ordering the assistant clerks to commit at least a class A misdemeanor
Solicitation of a misdemeanor is usually considered a felony. The Judge, by requesting and demanding that the clerk commit a misdemeanor is, in fact, committing a felony.
He is also violating the Civil Rights act in that he is using color of authority to deprive Kim Davis of her Constitutional Rights. That is also a felony. I do not believe that there is a judicial immunity for that crime.
It is the judge who should be languishing in a jail cell awaiting trial.
Sounds like Bunning needs to "take the cure" that only Doctor Donny Donowitz can dispense...