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I've read the decision-- it includes a strongly-worded warning to Judge Moore not to try to defy the court's order.

So Federal judges see where this is going. One of them should have the guts to stop it before there is wide spread defiance.

Chester County Pennsylvania will be taking the drape off the 10 Commandment plaque on the courthouse. The 1920's gift hung there without a problem until the "Free Thought Society" wanted it down. The court found in favor of the
county keeping the plaque on the wall. The neighbors of the Free Thought Society leader put signs in each of their yards so the lady could see them every which way. I see them all over the county.

So Federal judges see where this is going.

According to the court's opinion, Moore filed his own brief, in which he stated that, as Chief Justice of Alabama, he would have the final say as to whether the 11th Circuit's order was constitutional or not. Federal judges, including (especially?) conservative ones, do not take kindly to threats that their decisions will be defied, so they added some very pointed language saying that they "expect" Judge Moore to comply with their decision unless it is reversed by the Supreme Court, but that, "If necessary the court order will be enforced." That discussion is accompanied by citations to the court decisions from 1962 and 1963 which forced Governors Wallace and Barnett to obey school desegregation orders.