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Well, that she's in isolation and that she's saying that things are going -- that rather, that things -- that all is well. another thing her lawyers were saying is that they think the licenses issued by those deputy clerks are invalid without kim davis' approval. the county attorney in rowan county says that they are valid. just now it appears that their legal arguments are not flying with the judge. the judge in this case, a federal judge that sent kim davis to jail yesterday and found her in contempt, he just filed paperwork saying he refused to put this contempt order on hold while kim davi...

Martyr but the judge felt incarceration was the right thing to do. one other thing to note here, it is a contempt order, order of the court and she has a right to appeal it. she can appeal to the sixth circuit. if she doesn't get satisfaction here she can come back to the supreme court. again, it's difficult to see on what legal theory she will preville here. her lawyers have argued that she shouldn't be put in -- held in con techtempt of court because couldn't obey the judge's order because of her deeply held religious convictions. they cited a number of cases in which people were cited for c...

Case is on appeal, she has to issue the licenses. she has said that she won't do it while her case is on appeal, but she's run out of options to try to fight that particular order. >> very quickly, pete, i'm curious. if this hearing is on thursday, does that mean she's going to report to work every day until then and continue to deny these licenses? >> we don't know yet. we believe she's going to issue a statement shortly. that's what we're told. we'll see shortly what she's going to do. there is no contempt order against her now. >> right. it remains to be seen if that will be the case on thu...

Constitution. we live by the results as a nation committed to the rule of law. now those county clerks may not agree with it. >> but they are a government official so on the flip side you have someone who works in the private sector. someone who bakes cakes or provides other wedding services and you say that's different. >> there are some issues there that concern me about people who have legitimate free speech or free exercise objections to participating in certain weddings or making certain types of products. i don't think we should dismiss those concerns. this happens when rights come into ...

We look inept. we issued a contempt order against her, went toef a act upon it. it's a privileged motion. this is something john boehner, if if our understanding is correct, he can't even stop. >> how would this happen? would you have to just get votes from a majority in the house for this to happen? how would it happen? >> yeah, it would be a simple majority in the house because it is a house issue of contempt, and the senate and the president can't veto it or interfere, and under the orders of the house, she would be arrested and brought to a jail. she has to respond. what she's doing, this ...