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brooklynite

(95,060 posts)
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:56 PM Jan 2019

Gov. Bevin's lawyers say Kim Davis failed to do her job as clerk, must pay the bill

Source: Lexington Herald Leader

Citing “conduct that violates civil rights,” lawyers for Gov. Matt Bevin say former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be held responsible for nearly $225,000 in legal fees and court costs incurred by couples who sued her in 2015 when she refused to issue marriage licenses because of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage.

Although Bevin, a Republican, publicly has praised Davis as “an inspiration ... to the children of America,” his attorneys are taking a more critical tone in court briefs, blaming the ex-clerk for failing to do her job following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage.

A three-judge panel will hear arguments about the case’s expenses Thursday at the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. A district judge ruled in 2017 that the couples suing for marriage licenses clearly prevailed and that the state of Kentucky must pay their fees and costs.

Bevin appealed that ruling, hoping to hand the bill instead to the Rowan County clerk’s office. Davis acted alone, without any state support, the governor’s lawyers told the 6th Circuit in briefs ahead of the oral arguments.

Read more: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article225247295.html



Translation: "I may not like marriage equality either, but I'm not letting an idiot like you stick me with the bill"
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Gov. Bevin's lawyers say Kim Davis failed to do her job as clerk, must pay the bill (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2019 OP
Wow, and he praised her criminal refusal!!!!!! obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #1
Like Chris Christie and "Bridgegate" delisen Jan 2019 #28
I hope to gawd crim son Jan 2019 #2
Yeah, but leftieNanner Jan 2019 #5
OK, so what if some rich fundie pays the bill for her... sdfernando Jan 2019 #10
OOOOOOHHHHH leftieNanner Jan 2019 #11
They would get 30 or so lackies to to give her under $10,000 each. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #14
That amounts to a conspiracy to defraud the IRS sdfernando Jan 2019 #19
Anyone can give anyone up to $15K a year, tax free. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #21
Guess you are correct, but still seems like a conspiracy to me. sdfernando Jan 2019 #24
I agree that it should be a crime... LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #25
Yes but organizing a series of under the limit payments is considered "structuring" brooklynite Jan 2019 #33
I agree, but leftieNanner Jan 2019 #47
💰💰 Traildogbob Jan 2019 #36
I feel your pain, Leftie! MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #31
good Schmice3 Jan 2019 #41
Or they'll crowd fund it and she'll come out with more money than she owes OnlinePoker Jan 2019 #45
No F'n way are they coming to her rescue. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #53
Rats biting one another. Fight fight fight. yardwork Jan 2019 #3
Womp womp Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #4
Womp womp! Initech Jan 2019 #6
A perfect illustration BigMin28 Jan 2019 #7
Exactly. Money matters more than anything else to those a-holes. LonePirate Jan 2019 #27
That's because, as a Christian, I can liberalhistorian Jan 2019 #42
O, Kim Davis, I send you a load of thawts and prayers rurallib Jan 2019 #8
Love it! Duppers Jan 2019 #40
Davis made a personal decision to supercede the law of her state so she should pay, not her office TeamPooka Jan 2019 #9
Nice! Davis is getting her due, after clearly infringing on the rights of fellow Americans... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #12
I think some government bills/fines are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. It would be a bit of alwaysinasnit Jan 2019 #17
I hope so! Thanks for the little bit of possible good news that she won't be able to run away... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #20
Same to you. Being in California, I can only hope these weather conditions for the other parts of alwaysinasnit Jan 2019 #22
Kim Davis can always have a garage sale. sarcasmo Jan 2019 #13
Make an example of her. Then sue her again for emotional truthisfreedom Jan 2019 #15
How sad for her... Chakaconcarne Jan 2019 #16
Kim Davis is a thief. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #18
She never got to that part......... MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #32
She missed other parts of the Bible as well. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #44
Dear Kim just reversed the roles,... magicarpet Feb 2019 #48
Is it called "put your money where your mouth is"? appleannie1943 Jan 2019 #23
Sacrifices must be made, Kim. Can you borrow against your trailer house? ... marble falls Jan 2019 #26
Someone should bake them a cake...... Historic NY Jan 2019 #29
This makes me smile Gothmog Jan 2019 #30
Where is Mike Huckabee when you really need him? Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #34
🖕🏽 The Hucks Traildogbob Jan 2019 #37
Still hanging around his child molester pals like Josh Duggar and Ted Nugent. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #43
Hahahahahaha!!!! jpak Jan 2019 #35
Karma can sure be a bitch! oldsoftie Jan 2019 #38
Sweet! JohnnyRingo Jan 2019 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author Apollyonus Jan 2019 #46
You must be a KD supporter to tell a lie such as that. keithbvadu2 Feb 2019 #49
I hate her guts Apollyonus Feb 2019 #50
Is this any way for the Governor to treat a fellow RW Nutjob? Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #51
I'm sure her buddy Mike Huckabee will step right up Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #52

delisen

(6,051 posts)
28. Like Chris Christie and "Bridgegate"
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:16 PM
Jan 2019

Christie reportedly smiled approvingly when underlings told him how they shut down traffic in a political enemy's territory to teach him a lesson for not supporting Christie.

The underlings are in jail, and Christie is still free and doing damage to the country.

crim son

(27,465 posts)
2. I hope to gawd
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:00 PM
Jan 2019

she's held liable for every penny of it. We don't live in a theocracy and if you aren't ethically equipped to do your job, find another job.

leftieNanner

(15,208 posts)
5. Yeah, but
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:04 PM
Jan 2019

some rich fundie will pay the bill. They love them some bigots. Apparently Bevin does too.



(I have been using the puke smilie way too much lately. Could it be the state of things in this country? Hmmm)

sdfernando

(4,962 posts)
10. OK, so what if some rich fundie pays the bill for her...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:27 PM
Jan 2019

wouldn't that be classified as income and she would have to pay tax on it?

leftieNanner

(15,208 posts)
11. OOOOOOHHHHH
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:29 PM
Jan 2019

Wouldn't that just be peachy keen!

I can picture her sitting down with the H&R Block person.

"Uh, Mrs. Davis, you aren't getting a refund this year...."

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
21. Anyone can give anyone up to $15K a year, tax free.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:51 PM
Jan 2019

It's a major estate planning tool that the rich use to transfer wealth before the end of their life. I know many people that get annual checks from their parents. If it is below $10K, banks don't even have have to report it.

No crime, no fine, no jail time.

sdfernando

(4,962 posts)
24. Guess you are correct, but still seems like a conspiracy to me.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:07 PM
Jan 2019

getting all those people to contribute just under the reporting amount to one person. However, I think if one person gave money to all those other people to then give to Kim, that certainly seems like a crime to me.

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
25. I agree that it should be a crime...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:10 PM
Jan 2019

Alternately, they would set up a GoFundMe site and pay her that way.

brooklynite

(95,060 posts)
33. Yes but organizing a series of under the limit payments is considered "structuring"
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:42 PM
Jan 2019

That’s what got Elliot Spitzer in trouble.

leftieNanner

(15,208 posts)
47. I agree, but
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 08:09 PM
Jan 2019

Kim Davis is such an idiot, she would probably broadcast it far and wide (with a Huckabee by her side) that it would put up a big red flag for the IRS.

We can hope!

MyOwnPeace

(16,955 posts)
31. I feel your pain, Leftie!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:26 PM
Jan 2019


I've had way too much use of

Like you said, could be the state of things in this country. From my viewpoint it is nothing that a good blue wave couldn't cure!

Schmice3

(294 posts)
41. good
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 05:26 PM
Jan 2019

If some rich fundamentalist wants to pay her debt, good. As long as the taxpayers don't get stuck with the bill, let the right wingers reach into their deep pockets. Screw them all.

OnlinePoker

(5,730 posts)
45. Or they'll crowd fund it and she'll come out with more money than she owes
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:59 PM
Jan 2019

If idiots are willing to crowd-fund a wall, you know they'll do the same for this.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
53. No F'n way are they coming to her rescue.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 10:30 PM
Feb 2019

She is a rube in their eyes. They got what they wanted out of her and are happy to discard her like a used tissue.

It’s what they do.

Now perhaps a bunch of other rubes will donate to a go fund me account.

But no high rolling holy roller wants to be associated with her any more. She’s a total loser in their eyes. And she is not hot and has a hayseed husband.

Even her own governor is comfortable throwing her on the trash heap.

BigMin28

(1,186 posts)
7. A perfect illustration
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:06 PM
Jan 2019

When it comes down to a choice between their deeply held religious beliefs and money, money wins out everytime.

liberalhistorian

(20,822 posts)
42. That's because, as a Christian, I can
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:30 PM
Jan 2019

tell you that, for the RW evangelicals and fundies, it's never been about religious beliefs, tenets and principles. It's all about POWER and CONTROL and MONEY and maintaining white supremacy. PERIOD. Most of them wouldn't even know the true, very liberal, sayings and gospel of Jesus if they were posted in giant block letters in front of them. And just try telling them that Jesus was NOT white. You'd have to call a million ambulances.

TeamPooka

(24,308 posts)
9. Davis made a personal decision to supercede the law of her state so she should pay, not her office
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:15 PM
Jan 2019

and citizens.

SWBTATTReg

(22,226 posts)
12. Nice! Davis is getting her due, after clearly infringing on the rights of fellow Americans...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:30 PM
Jan 2019

Hypocrite...b**ches and moans about her constitutional rights being trampled and then turns around and tramples the rights of others. She should pay every dime of damages, plus interest, but I got a feeling that she's going to escape her responsibilities by declaring bankruptcy. So much for paying one's debt to society, eh?

alwaysinasnit

(5,084 posts)
17. I think some government bills/fines are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. It would be a bit of
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:39 PM
Jan 2019

justice if she can't get out of this debt.

SWBTATTReg

(22,226 posts)
20. I hope so! Thanks for the little bit of possible good news that she won't be able to run away...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:44 PM
Jan 2019

from her own mess and dump it on someone else. Take care and stay warm!

alwaysinasnit

(5,084 posts)
22. Same to you. Being in California, I can only hope these weather conditions for the other parts of
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:52 PM
Jan 2019

the country don't turn deadly. Stay well!

keithbvadu2

(37,061 posts)
18. Kim Davis is a thief.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:40 PM
Jan 2019

Kim Davis is a thief. She accepted pay for work she refused to do.

"Thou shalt not steal" is not in her Christian Bible.

keithbvadu2

(37,061 posts)
44. She missed other parts of the Bible as well.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:56 PM
Jan 2019

The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

magicarpet

(14,224 posts)
48. Dear Kim just reversed the roles,...
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 08:16 PM
Feb 2019

.... her male significant others were her concubines she just switched and rotated them around to suit her fancy.

Not all holy rollers are devout believers in holy matrimony. She likely had a few studs on the side too when she felt racy and excessively amorous and hot to trot.

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
23. Is it called "put your money where your mouth is"?
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:58 PM
Jan 2019

She can always get speaking engagements in bigot churches and charge a fee.

marble falls

(57,613 posts)
26. Sacrifices must be made, Kim. Can you borrow against your trailer house? ...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:11 PM
Jan 2019

Gov Bevens: "Good job, Kim, now write us a check."

oldsoftie

(12,678 posts)
38. Karma can sure be a bitch!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 05:07 PM
Jan 2019

She should have been tossed from office as soon as she started that nonsense.

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

 

Apollyonus

(812 posts)
50. I hate her guts
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 09:17 PM
Feb 2019

but .... just stating that she was a dixiecrat

but .. she and her husband switched to the republican party after the controversy.

Docreed2003

(16,907 posts)
52. I'm sure her buddy Mike Huckabee will step right up
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 09:28 PM
Feb 2019

And encourage his "flock" to offer up a few seed offerings for sister Kim

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