Posted on 01/07/2016 7:00:03 AM PST by GIdget2004
Probate judges in Jefferson and Montgomery counties say they will continue to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite an administrative order from Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on Wednesday advising them and other state probate judges to stop the practice.
And Montgomery's probate judge was critical of Moore for issuing the order.
Jefferson County is the largest of the 67 counties in Alabama and Montgomery County is the fourth largest by population.
Jefferson County Probate Judge Alan King said that his office will continue to follow the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in June that cleared the way for same-sex marriage nationwide, not the order issued by Moore.
(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...
WHAT LAW???????
10th Amendment provides for the States to devise law that is not SPECIFICALLY enumerated in the Constitution.
Which article and clause of the USC enumerates “marriage” and why can’t the States figger that out?
For every usurpation upon the States’ own sovereignty, each state should WITHHOLD funding (federal taxes). THAT will be the genesis of CWII.
WHAT LAW???????
Roy Moore is the law. The Feral government does not have authority over the states.
But Obama gets a pass on circumventing the constitution? I think not.
Reprobate judges.
Moore should have them removed if they refuse to comply. They work under HIS authority.
WHAT LAW???????
Precisely. This is explicitly NOT established law. The SC interpreted an appealed finding of a lower court that applies to 2 jurisdictions. It has absolutely no binding effect beyond that limited application. The insistence upon treating SC findings as established law is not found in the constitution.
Exactly. We are no longer a nation of laws. Law has become a buffet for those in power to pick and choose from and enforce or ignore at will. It is a farce.
Moore’s order is like the cartoon of the mouse flipping its middle finger at the rapidly approaching hawk. At the end of the day the federal government will go to court and his order will be overturned. But it was still important that the gesture be made and the order issued. Marriage should be a state issue and not a federal one. And the stand needed to be made.
He is following the law.
Exactly!
If the Executive Branch can make law...why can’t a member of the Judicial Branch?....snorkel..snorkel...
:-)
See?
What law is that?
It's worse than that.
Under the status quo, USSC decisions are regarded by the ruling class as CHANGING the Constitution. They are not mere "laws" passed (or proclaimed) without authority, they are actual Constitutional Amendments, and, unlike Article V amendments, they don't even require ratification.
The contradictions of this process will, eventually, bring down the state.
The Constitution is officially dead. We are no longer a Republic. Mission Accomplished for the Progressive Party.
There's enough blame to go around. We let them.
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