Oath Keepers threaten to exercise Second Amendment against any U.S. Marshals who arrest Kim Davis

[branford]

8. The judge can and is working around her.

However, since she's an elected official, the situation is a mess that's not easily resolved, particularly without making Davis a political martyr and encouraging similar action across the country. The national political spotlight related to the election primaries is unfortunately making a very bad situation much worse.

In my opinion, the best thing that could happen is expedited appeals until the matter reaches the Supreme Court. As an attorney, I'm confident that a unanimous (or very close to it) court would side against her. The conservatives on the court might by ideological at times, but as a legal matter, Davis' actions are really inexcusable. Her remedy if she objected to issuing the marriage licenses should have been simply to resign in protest. I believe a SC decision including the conservatives would drastically diminish her support, and she would finally be forced to comply with the law or resign.