So I just watched Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee debate with Joe Scarborough this morning on Morning Joe about the "fact" that he (Huckabee) doesn't have to respect the recent Supreme Court ruling in
Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex marriage is the law of the land in all 50 states. Scarborough, to his credit, pointed out to the former governor that basic civics informs us that once the Supreme Court makes a determination about the
United States Constitution, that ruling automatically becomes the law of the law in all 50 states (because all 50 states obviously follow the
United States Constitution), and any state law that contradicts such a ruling is automatically superseded. To be sure, that is how the law in this country works. Huckabee, however, immediately quipped "no, that's not true."
But it
IS true! It's not even like there's a debate here. This is a fact. And as many in politics have correctly pointed out, you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
It just struck me in that moment that we have people like Huckabee, who are running to be president of the United States of all things, who don't even know how the laws of the United States work. Let that sink in for a moment.