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It goes beyond the what the attorneys for kim davis were saying and let me summarize what the judge wrote in his text of order, as it s called. he released her, he says, because marriage certificates are now being granted in this county in kentucky five of her six deputy clerks stated under oath they would comply with the court s order and issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples and that obviously includes same-sex couples. the judge also goes on to say that defendant davis shall be released from the custody of the u.s. marshal, she shall not interfere directly or indirectly with the efforts of her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couple couples he is restricted from doing what she had been doing before, restricting these marriage licenses. jeffrey toobin is on the phone. jeffrey, have you had a chance to go through the judge s written statement explaining why he released her? i m working on it as we speak ....
Another shot. when that county clerk was released from jail today, the judge s order said explicitly, defendant davis, quote, shall not interfere in any way directly or indirectly with the efforts of her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples. that was the condition on which she was released. after she was released from jail today, on that condition, her lawyers suggested to the media that she will not actually comply with that part of the judge s order, that she does plan to interfere with other people in her office issuing marriage licenses. and so, she does so, she ll not only be in contempt of court, but in violation of this direct order from a federal judge and maybe she ll be back in jail. at which point, maybe mike huckabee or ted cruz or any number of conservative politicians will yet have their chance for the jailhouse photo that they were cheated out of today in kentucky. amazing. such a surreal day in political news. and, speaking of jail, i ....
Has found her in contempt of this court. we are holding today judge bunning in contempt of the court of all mighty god. shannon bream, why release her now? what happens next? judge bunning, who put davis behind bars asked the plaintiffs to the case to specify by 10:00 a.m. this morning to his chambers whether or not they d been able to get marriage licenses. satisfied that they were able to do that, bunning ordered davis released. not without conditions. his order says defendant davis shall be released from custody of the u.s. marshal forthwith. he continues, she shall not interfere directly or indirectly with her clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples. if defendant davis interferes, that will be considered a violation of the order and appropriate sanctions will be ....