State ex rel. Alabama Policy Institute

I concur with this Court’s dismissal of the various postjudgment motions and re*614quests in this case that ask this Court to enter an order defying the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2584, 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (2015). As discussed below, this Court’s decision, Ex parte State ex rel. Alabama Policy Institute, 200 So.3d 495 (Ala.2015) (“API”), no longer has a field of operation or any legal effect.

I. The procedural background of today’s ruling

API ordered the probate court judges of this State who were not subject to a contrary federal…