“Would be interesting to see the Alabama National Guard and the FBI etal stare each other down.”
If history is any indicator, it proably wouldn’t come down to that.
Back in 1962, JFK forced Ole Miss to accept the first black student. Kennedy feared that Mississippi’s governor would call out the Natl Guard to block the US marshals from bringing James Meredith on to campus.
He federalized them. The Guard was sent to stop the rioting around campus and in nearby Oxford.
Many of the Guardsmen weren’t keen on seeing Meredith admitted to Ole Miss but they had sworn an oath to the Constitution (and probably weren’t keen on being courtmartialed for insubordination) and they followed order from their commander in chief.
“but they had sworn an oath to the Constitution”
No where in the Constitution does it mention marriage and if the Constitution does not spell it out the States make the laws. It’s about damn time the US Federal gubment understand that basic fact about governance. Judge Moore has forgotten more about the Constitution of the United States than John Roberts has ever learned.
Which is why the “National Guard” units need to remain independent from the US Army unless in a period of war from outside.