Feds Say Alabama Judges Must Obey US Supreme Court Decision

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Feds Say Alabama Judges Must Obey US Supreme Court Decision

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Jan 7, 2016, 11:35 AM ET

Federal prosecutors in Alabama say the state's probate judges must obey the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage regardless of an administrative order issued by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Moore said Wednesday that the Alabama Supreme Court never lifted a March directive to probate judges to refuse licenses to gay couples. He said the order to refuse the licenses remains in "full force."

U.S. Attorneys Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama and Kenyen Brown of the Southern District of Alabama issued a statement saying they had "grave concerns" about Moore's administrative order.

Vance and Brown say the issue was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court last year and while government officials are free to disagree with the law, they can't disobey it.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/feds-alabama-judges-obey-us-supreme-court-decision-36143267

[NCLefty]

1. He was just checkin' the year again.

[Old Union Guy]

2. It's not just the "gay". It's magical thinking about who won the Civil War. n/t