Should he have sent in the National Guard to have a shootout with the Local police?
If Jebn can't do the job, then he should resign! As the chief law enforcement officer in the state, it was his obligation.
You set up a straw man, as if such a dangerous response was the only option. The fact is, the judge went beyond his constitutional authority. Some kind of response - calibrated and intelligent - was demanded, but there was none - not even a statement by Jeb that the judge had exceeded his powers. Just craven cowardly silence. The Founding Fathers weep.
No, they should have ordered the sheriffs to stand aside.
Judge Greer does not enforce the laws, the Governor does, and the sheriffs could not lawfully resist the Governor enforcing the law. That would be a criminal act.
You really think the lackeys from some hick sheriff department would've stood their ground into a shootout with the national guard?
Jeb could've done the same thing Eisenhower did to Orval Faubus at Little Rock high school. He declared that Terri's blood was not on his hands and chose not to.