Feds Say Alabama Judges Must Obey US Supreme Court Decision

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Feds Say Alabama Judges Must Obey US Supreme Court Decision

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Jan 7, 2016, 11:35 AM ET

Federal prosecutors in Alabama say the state's probate judges must obey the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage regardless of an administrative order issued by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Moore said Wednesday that the Alabama Supreme Court never lifted a March directive to probate judges to refuse licenses to gay couples. He said the order to refuse the licenses remains in "full force."

U.S. Attorneys Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama and Kenyen Brown of the Southern District of Alabama issued a statement saying they had "grave concerns" about Moore's administrative order.

Vance and Brown say the issue was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court last year and while government officials are free to disagree with the law, they can't disobey it.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/feds-alabama-judges-obey-us-supreme-court-decision-36143267

[Gothmog]

1. The US Constitution controls over Judge Roy Moore's wishes

[comradebillyboy]

2. The last time Roy Moore had a fight with the Supremes

He was removed from his judgeship if I recall correctly. As I recall it was about him installing a 10 commandments sculpture at the Alabama Supreme Court building. Thank god for Alabama and Mississippi or poor old New Mexico would be at the bottom of the heap.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. K&R

[spanone]

4. no shit!....K&R...

[2naSalit]

5. Well of course they do.

[Terra Alta]

6. Roy Moore needs to go back to law school

Where hopefully he would learn SCOTUS trumps state courts every time. He needs to be removed from the bench ASAP.

[TipTok]

7. Not every time but certainly this time....

There are legitimate states rights issues but this isn't one of them.