Alabama Judge Asks State Supreme Court To Issue 'Landmark' Ruling Nullifying Supreme Court Marriage

[DonViejo]

Alabama Judge Asks State Supreme Court To Issue 'Landmark' Ruling Nullifying Supreme Court Marriage Decision

"Throughout the nation, defenders of traditional marriage and defenders of constitutional federalism looked – and continue to look – to Alabama as their last best hope." - Alabama Probate Judge Nick Williams

An Alabama probate judge has asked the State Supreme Court to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court decision that brought marriage equality to the country - even Alabama.

The 18-page brief, filed Monday by Probate Judge Nick Williams, reads more like a temper tantrum that a legal document, calling the Supreme Court "semi-absolute rulers" and urging Alabama's chief Supreme Court justice, Roy Moore, to end his recusal on marriage cases. Marriage rights activists have compared Judge Williams to Alabama Governor George Wallace, who in the 1960s, stood against desegregation ordered by the federal courts.

"The eyes of the nation are again turned upon Alabama." wrote Judge Williams. "This court has the lifetime opportunity to issue a landmark ruling that could inspire other courts, officials, and legislatures to stand with us."

"For such a time as this, the justices of the Alabama Supreme Court have an opportunity to safety traditional marriage and spark a rebirth of constitutional federalism. Who knows when, or if, that opportunity will come again?"

Judge Williams, who is a product of the radical right-wing Liberty University, sang the praises of the Alabama Supreme Court for its order demanding probate judges stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a federal district court struck down the state's marriage ban last March.

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[stone space]

1. Can we make him retake the BAR exam?

[DonViejo]

2. LOL!!!..

[procon]

3. C'mon... Did he get his law degree off the back of a cereal box?

His job to make judgments based on the law, not impose his personal religious convictions on the public. The law is only concerned with civil marriage, not religious marriage, so he should keep his bronze age fables separate from his job.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Law degree? What law degree?

Washington County Probate Judge Nick Williams at LinkedIn

Education
Liberty University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General
2017
Pursuing an M.B.A. through Liberty University. Expected to complete in 2017.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Theology/Theological Studies
2010 – 2013
Activities and Societies: Theta Alpha Kappa

Rhema Bible Training Center
Bible Diploma, Theology/Theological Studies
1997 – 1999
Graduated with 4.0 GPA, emphasis in Biblical Studies

More about Williams:

Alabama probate judge asks state supreme court to issue 'landmark' ruling against gay marriage

[procon]

7. That's just wrong. nt

[hifiguy]

14. IOW completely bogus "schools"

no self-respecting dog or cat would be seen within miles of.

[irisblue]

17. Alabama law lets non lawyers be judges?

wowsa

[Lee-Lee]

4. That's now how this works

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[William769]

6. Didn't someone we know just speak at "radical right-wing Liberty University"?

You are the company you keep.

To this judge and any like him, they need to be disbarred.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. I assume this is a slam at Bernie Sanders

So, I should definitely judge HRC by her friend, war criminal Henry Kissinger?

[hifiguy]

15. You mean the genocidal butcher who HRH

lauded in print as a "defender of human rights?"

[Kelvin Mace]

18. It amazes me how people can overlook this

When Kissinger comes up, the HRC supporters get very quiet. A few will try the "praising his book is not the same as condoning his actions" defense, but that is so puerile an argument that it collapses under the subsequent derision.

Her support for the Iraq war and her fawning adoration of Henry Kissinger are the reason I can't vote for her.

[sarisataka]

9. May I hazard a guess

Judge Williams did not get an 'A' in Constitutional Law 101?

[hobbit709]

10. Or even a "C" in high school civics class

[COLGATE4]

11. Probably because he never took Con Law 101 (or

any other Law School class). Shows, doesn't it?

[Orrex]

12. Liberty University?

What kind of goofball would give a speech there?

[hifiguy]

13. A mental pygmy, with a bogus

diploma mill "degree."

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Ah yes, Alabama how well did Nullification worked the last time around?

[spanone]

19. send him back to high school