Posted January 07, 2016
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/06/alabama-same-sex-marriage/78363398/
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Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore has ordered that same sex marriage is illegal in Alabama. There is one problem: This directly contradicts the US Supreme Court's ruling last Summer that same sex marriage is legal.
To put it another way, the state supreme court has just made a ruling that contradicts the US Supreme Court.
How long until a federal court steps in and tells the state court "No, you can't do this"?
(Also, can anybody think of other good examples of judges defying the rulings of higher courts? For this to count, it has to be intentional; mistakes are not what I am looking for here.)
Edit: Also, I am pretty sure this isn't the first time Roy Moore has made this order.
Edit 2: As someone pointed out later in this thread, the justice's first name is "Roy", not "Ray".
(Other links can be found on the Internet.)
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore has ordered that same sex marriage is illegal in Alabama. There is one problem: This directly contradicts the US Supreme Court's ruling last Summer that same sex marriage is legal.
To put it another way, the state supreme court has just made a ruling that contradicts the US Supreme Court.
How long until a federal court steps in and tells the state court "No, you can't do this"?
(Also, can anybody think of other good examples of judges defying the rulings of higher courts? For this to count, it has to be intentional; mistakes are not what I am looking for here.)
Edit: Also, I am pretty sure this isn't the first time Roy Moore has made this order.
Edit 2: As someone pointed out later in this thread, the justice's first name is "Roy", not "Ray".
Post edited January 08, 2016 by dtgreene