In the early 1860's a war was fought in this country over slavery and over the right of each individual state to nullify the federal government. The south lost.

In the 1950's after years of Jim Crow laws circumventing the equal protection of blacks, the Supreme Court decided that segregated education was unconstitutional. And by that the court meant any state law which restricted blacks from attending any public school was contrary to the US Constitution. It is well established law that the US Constitution supersedes any state or local law or judicial degree which is contrary.

When George Wallace in 1963 declared "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stood in the doorways to the state university to defy federal authority he was refighting the civil war (and making himself the hero and poster boy for the racists through the nation).

Judge Roy Moore
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was elected chief judge of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000 and promptly installed a huge 10 commandments in the courthouse even though he was aware this was contrary to law. His refusal to take it down when ordered to do so by Federal trial and appeals courts resulted in his being removed from the bench by the Alabama ethics court where he stated he would defy a federal court order again if he felt the order were contrary to his beliefs. Moore was re-elected in 2012 as chief justice of the Alabama court. A Federal court with jurisdiction held that the law in Alabama prohibiting gay marriage was unconstitutional but stayed the implementation of that decision pending appeals. That appeal went all the way to the US Supreme Court where by a 7 to 2 finding, the SCOTUS told Alabama that they must allow gay marriage.

Judge Moore in defiance of that order sent an email to every county office telling the officers of the court to defy the SCOTUS or he would see they were punished for defying Alabama law.

Leaving aside for just this thread, start your own if you like, should Roy Moore be removed from office again this time not for just his own failure to follow court orders but for attempting to coerce other officers of the court to defy a Federal court order?