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Key part of Texas AG's opinion on whether all 254 TX counties must now issue marriage licenses to gay couples #txlege pic.twitter.com/qgn24qzObZ
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) June 28, 2015
That is mind blowing. The opinion of Ken Paxton is that County Clerks can defy the law and even encourages them to do so. The clerks might get sued, but he tells them he has a bunch of (nutcase) lawyers to back them up. Interesting. They will work for free and cannot be associated with his AG's office. Notice that he does not mention who pays the judgment once they certainly lose.
Judge Judy is smarter than Paxton. The Supreme Court makes a decision and it becomes the law of the land. It's a simple concept, and it's called "the rule of law". It is our foundation which has us accept and follow decisions from Brown vs. Board of Education to Bush vs. Gore.
Let's flashback to earlier this year when the Texas strongmen thought that the President had violated the Constitution:
This may be the most embarrassing moment in Texas history. It is the modern day equivalent of George Wallace standing in front of the schoolhouse door. I knew Idiocracy was coming, I just didn't expect Texas government to be leading the way
Edit: Great find by Bud Kennedy - A 1983 Texas AG opinion regarding whether a Justice of the Peace can refuse to marry interracial couples.
