Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml On February 8th, Alabama's Chief Justice Roy Moore issued a last-minute order to state probate judges to deny granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This directly conflicted with a federal court decision on January 23rd, which legalized gay marriage in the state of Alabama. So, what happens now? Are states able to defy federal law? Learn More: Ala chief justice tells judges: Refuse gay marriage licenses http://news.yahoo.com/alabama-set-become-37th-state-where-gays-legally-021112446.html "Alabama appeared set within hours to become the 37th state where gays can legally wed, prompting one couple to pitch a tent outside a courthouse even as the state's chief justice made an 11th hour bid to keep the weddings on hold Monday." State vs. Federal Law: Who Really Holds the Trump Card? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lesley-daunt/state-vs-federal-law-who-_b_4676579.html "Gay marriage, medical marijuana, recreational marijuana, immigration... the list goes on and on of laws that are supposed to be decided state by state. Yes, you may say, "Well they are." Truth is, no they aren't." Judicial defiance in Alabama: Same-sex marriages begin, but most counties refuse http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/alabama-judge-stakes-out-defiant-stance-against-same-sex-marriages/2015/02/09/a1be2de4-b06f-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html "On the day that same-sex unions became legal in Alabama, local officials in dozens of counties on Monday defied a federal judge's decision and refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, casting the state into judicial chaos." Watch More: The bias of the Supreme Court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0weq6CzqM Subscribe to TestTube Daily! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Special Thanks to Julian Wilde for hosting TestTube! Check out Julia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Julia_SCI

• published: 13 Feb 2015
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