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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016

      OK, enough with Donald Trump. On to Roy Moore. (I know, I'm late to this. Been otherwise occupied today.)

      4 replies 4 retweets 25 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      FOUR HOURS LATER: Just getting into the Alabama Supreme Court ruling. 😑

      2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Oh. Roy Moore. What ridiculousness. Attending a wedding is ~not~ a constitutional viewpoint.pic.twitter.com/DGNjqLgKjn

      2 replies 14 retweets 17 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Helpful hints from Roy Moore:pic.twitter.com/Z5jYmZDBnz

      2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Moore then cites to a prayer-in-schools case that was stayed by SCOTUS (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/459/1314.html …) & later reversed.pic.twitter.com/kxgJyvIiM4

      3 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Y'all, I think there's a ~chance~ that Roy Moore DOES NOT LIKE gay sex.pic.twitter.com/XmYdMP0bu6

      11 replies 18 retweets 33 likes
    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Then, Moore goes off on this tangent, and I'm losing interest, tbh.pic.twitter.com/q3UHscy1oe

      4 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      "The end of this experiment in anarchic liberty is yet to be seen." :-(pic.twitter.com/pgNRNw0uA3

      8 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016

      "C. Abuse of the Fourteenth Amendment" You just ~know~ this section is gonna be good.

      5:53 PM - 4 Mar 2016
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          🎧 One last time ...pic.twitter.com/JQY33AkqGx

          1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Seriously, this is Roy Moore's book report on the Obergefell dissents. He summed each up, then summed them all up:pic.twitter.com/iY2QrgObVK

          1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Snowpiercer, but for sexual autonomy.pic.twitter.com/U4LgK5g2tA

          2 replies 8 retweets 11 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          More about the train — with an 1885 case cite!pic.twitter.com/TFiXgUdmJd

          2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Serious time: On March 4, 2016, the chief justice of a state supreme court still is calling these "faux" marriages.pic.twitter.com/jcrEOa7mxr

          3 replies 13 retweets 5 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Like, Chief, this is what got you in trouble before.

          2 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Moore then cites this malarky from a probate judge relator:pic.twitter.com/p7fn1I8oJ4

          4 replies 3 retweets 2 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          tl;dr: Moore: Alexander Hamilton would have been with me on this.pic.twitter.com/a80HM7TM2F

          2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, Roy Moore wrote about the fact that military subordinates must resist illegal orders.pic.twitter.com/pjgUUDdwlm

          2 replies 5 retweets 3 likes
        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Cc: @realDonaldTrump

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Y'all, I'm not gonna make it.pic.twitter.com/Ps8lWT7RGv

          2 replies 5 retweets 13 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "[N]aked propositions of men with no cognizable covering." <— I believe I saw this sign on Fire Island.pic.twitter.com/7QDEijAEtB

          4 replies 3 retweets 19 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Roy Moore is ~obsessed~ with Hamilton and Lincoln, and it makes me feel a bit awkward, since, same.pic.twitter.com/wiL716Sao9

          2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          TBH, I don't think he's ~totally~ off-base in saying that the 11th Circuit ruling that Obergefell "abrogated" the AL Sup Ct ruling is wrong.

          2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I thought it was odd when the 11th Circuit used that language. Nonetheless, it's clear the reasoning of Obergefell, as relating to ...

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          ... the U.S. Constitution, is controlling, including on the Alabama Supreme Court. (So, it's a matter of who says it, not the end result.)

          2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Seriously, this is like a bad book report.pic.twitter.com/4L8MZMO2Po

          1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I MADE IT! ROY MOORE, YOU WERE NO MATCH FOR ME! Exit Moore: Not with a bang but a whimper.pic.twitter.com/iJUAuOJo5R

          3 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Justice Michael Bolin doesn't go along with Moore, but still wanted to let us know he ain't happy.pic.twitter.com/MSXWDJajZH

          1 reply 3 retweets 1 like
        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Justice Tom Parker is ~exercised~ about all of this. (He's basically Team Moore.)pic.twitter.com/8qN4s6RsUR

          1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes
        22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Bonus points to Parker for ending with a Reagan quote.pic.twitter.com/DGF2d0qEuz

          1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Justice Glenn Murdock gives us "marriage" scare quotes because he's classy like that.pic.twitter.com/q3Tx7uoxub

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          MURDOCK TAKES US THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, Y'ALL!pic.twitter.com/t1phcd8OFd

          6 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
        25. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          And, we've made it to Justice Greg Shaw, who is basically:pic.twitter.com/gcMiG1t8bw

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Shorter Shaw: "What were you all doing? What are you doing? What is this world?"pic.twitter.com/OgEpATdm0j

          1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Actual section from Shaw's opinion: "A. All courts follow United States Supreme Court decisions" 😔

          2 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          And, here we go. (@lyman_brian has been waiting for me to get here.) Check out this footnote:pic.twitter.com/lGP0n1RBiw

          2 replies 10 retweets 16 likes
        29. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          The bottom line: The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed the pending case trying to challenge whether the marriage amendment can be enforced.

          1 reply 3 retweets 0 likes
        30. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          3 of 9 justices questioned the Supremacy Clause, more (Moore) or less. 1 of 9 said he hated the outcome but follows the Supremacy Clause.

          1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes
        31. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 4 Mar 2016
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          4 of 9 justices said nothing or said no one else was speaking for them. 1 of 9 justices said the case never should have been taken.

          1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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