He believes that God’s law (as he sees it) trumps the Constitution every time.

That is what it means to be a theocrat, and that is why some of the most outspoken theocrats in America love Roy Moore. We need to take a close look at the kind of people hoping to ride Roy Moore’s coattails to power.

One of Mr. Moore’s staunchest allies is Janet Porter, a radio personality and anti-abortion activist. Ms. Porter hosted last week’s news conference in support of his flailing candidacy, which seemed more like a religious revival than a political event. “I’m glad you got more church than you probably had in the last 10 years,” she told the assembled press corps.

Ms. Porter used the language of Dominionists when she organized a prayer rally in 2010 to “repent on how we have turned against God in every area of influence: 1) business, 2) government, 3) media, 4) arts and entertainment, 5) education, 6) the family, and 7) religion, and invite God back into each one.” She wants to impeach Supreme Court justices for legalizing same-sex marriage.

Political careers depend on money, of course, and Mr. Moore has picked up a lot of what he needs — at least $622,000 in campaign contributions since 2004 — from Michael Peroutka, a lawyer who made a fortune in the consumer debt collection business and now serves on the county council of Anne Arundel County in Maryland.

Mr. Peroutka has been a member of the white supremacist League of the South (although he no longer is) as well as of the Constitution Party, which explicitly advocates imposing biblical law in the United States (and on whose ticket Mr. Peroutka ran for president in 2004). Mr. Moore appeared in a promotional video for Mr. Peroutka’s Institute on the Constitution — an organization that seeks to teach a biblical view of the Constitution — calling it “highly instructive.”

Mr. Moore and Mr. Peroutka agree on so much, in fact, that Mr. Peroutka was happy to support Mr. Moore’s speaking tour, boosting his profile among members of the Constitution Party.

If elected, Mr. Moore may wish to give thanks to Gary DeMar, another one of his most ardent and influential supporters over the past decade. A senior fellow of a group that he formerly led called American Vision, Mr. DeMar has articulated a strictly theocratic vision of American governance, writing, “The law of God, as outlined in Scripture, is to be the standard of justice.” Mr. Moore appeared as the star speaker at one of Mr. DeMar’s rallies.