Have I missed it, or is there a SINGLE County Clerk who has REFUSED to issue a marriages license to same sex couples? I saw one Judge who resigned rather than comply.
But, that's avoidance. What is required is RESISTANCE.
About a dozen judges quit in Virginia or something
“But, that’s avoidance. What is required is RESISTANCE.”
It is going to take a governor, backed by the legislature of a state, and hopefully a majority of its congressional delegation, to flat refuse an order by a federal bureaucrat or federal judge. Jan Brewer of Arizona was showing some resistance and backbone for a while but someone apparently got to her as she has been quiet for some time. Rick Perry occasionally shows some backbone, but he seems to be held in check from an outright confrontation by his presidential aspirations.
Now that Kay Hagan has been defeated it is possible that Obama and his new Attorney General will institute a fight with the state of NC over voter ID. Leftist agitators have been in the state since the election of Republican Governor McCrory and a Republican legislature. Every Monday they hold rallies and marches, primarily in the capital city of Raleigh but occasionally in other cities around the state. The “Moral Monday” marches have included occupation of government offices and once included an occupation of Senator elect Tom Tillis’s office at the state Capitol. The leftist mainstream media in the state has given these demonstrations plenty of publicity.
Every Alinksy tactic has been used against the new voter ID law which is schedule to go into effect for the 2016 election. It is possible a federal judge or the Justice Department will declare it a violation of the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act. If this happens perhaps Governor McCrory and the state legislature will declare this a 10th Amendment issue and refuse to accept the ruling of a federal court or the DOJ.