A former Kentucky clerk named Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to erase Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Media outlets and progressive politicians have been quick to jump on the petition. “Like a horror movie,” read a USA Today headline.

It isn’t. The only horror is how easily people are manipulated by the media, and how little they understand about their own government.

A petition for review is not the same as an actual hearing. The court receives more than 7,000 such petitions annually and hears about 1 percent. Four justices must vote to grant review for a case to make it onto the docket. Last year, the court issued full opinions in just 59.

There are all kinds of frivolous petitions; MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell filed one over the FBI’s seizure of his phone during its election fraud probe. Technically, the Supreme Court will “consider” Davis’s petition, but in reality that means only that a piece of paper has been filed.

The case itself isn’t about same-sex marriage at all. Davis, a county clerk, refused to issue licenses to........

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