If embattled Alabama GOP senatorial candidate Judge Roy Moore manages to win the runoff election against Democrat Doug Jones on Dec. 12, Senate Republicans are considering refusing to allow Moore to serve in the chamber. The idea was raised in Republican insider circles in recent days. Alabama election law is inflexible on candidate substitutions at this stage of the contest, according to legal observers, so no matter what Moore’s name has to stay on the ballot. The Alabama legislature could meet and change the law but it’s hard to imagine them emulating New Jersey Democrats circa 2002.