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Kim Davis must pay $260,000 legal fees over same-sex marriage license refusal
(www.theguardian.com)
What a shame.
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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SCotUS will rule that Christians are exempt from the law under the first amendment because being forced to obey the law is tantamount to being forced to agree with the law, which is compelled speech.
We should start mailing bound sacks with money signs on them to Thomas, a note on it telling him how we want him to vote. Might as well be honest about the situation. Fill the bags with glitter.
I hate to see someone punished over something they have no control over, like being a terrible human being.
In other countries, the losing party almost always pays - the US is somewhat unique in that paying is the exception, not the rule. However, the real crime here is that lawyers charged $260,000 to pursue this case.
For a near decade long court case she's paying only about $28,800 per year of legal fees, which suggests not that many hours of lawyer's time being spent on it
Fair point, I didn't realise it had been going on for so long. That in itself is an issue, though I imagine it's an issue Kim Davis is responsible for.