[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Judge Roy More is to be removed from his seat as Justice on the Supreme Court of Alabama

[Dog]

They just removed him from the Suprene Court.

[Porterville]

It is time for a National Christian Boycott... Now, how do we do it???

[trustandobey]

They won't get away with this for long, WE are angry!

[ken5050]

Time for a break from the Paris Hilton thread?

[Codeflier]

I'm trying to eat my lunch. Your user name makes it difficult to keep down. :)

[Paradox]

Well, I think the whole episode was pretty much ado about nothing, and that he should have been allowed to keep the monument where it was. However, and I am probably in the minority here, I agree with his removal.

[Paleo Conservative]

Panel Rules Justice Moore.....

Why a panel? In most states wouldn't be up to the legislature to impeach and remove the judge from office?

[Servant of the 9]

If some pissant Justice of the Peace had defied an order of Judge Moore's, the Judge would have had his butt in jail for contempt as quickly as he could get ahold of him. He would further, rightly, have tried to have him disbarred.

The courts have been very lenient with Moore because he is an obvious lunatic.

So9

[WackyKat]

The court was right to remove him

He wilfully, publicly, and persistently defied the law and the rulings of courts with superior jurisdiction

Judges represent the law and cannot be allowed to defy it

This is a nation of laws, not of men.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Before we start feeling too sorry for Moore, let me make a prediction:

Within 30 days, Moore will have signed a book deal worth over half a million dollars, and he will have raised his speeking fee for banquets and fundraisers to $10,000.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

My understanding is that there is nothing to keep him from running for his old position. After this whole episode, he just might be re-elected unanimously.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

And after losing the appeal, like the good carnie huckster he is, he'll have the opportunity to launch his new televangelism ministry or political campaign, depending on what appears more profitable.

[cgk]

Ten Commandments Judge Removed From Bench

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from office Thursday for refusing to obey a federal court order to move his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse.

The state Court of the Judiciary unanimously imposed the harshest penalty possible after a one-day trial in which Moore said his refusal was a moral and lawful acknowledgment of God. Prosecutors said Moore's defiance, left unchecked, would harm the judicial system.

Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved

[cgk]

I'm wondering since I heard Judge Pryor was a part of that unanimous decision, if there is an ulterior motive here. Moore can still appeal to the remaining justices.

[concerned about politics]

The voters should elect him to the Senate or something.
When rightousness and good will are replaced by the tolerance of all sin, you know the country is in a downward spiral. The law of action and reaction will prevail.
Sometimes, the Lord works in strange ways. The pendulum has swung too far toward the left leaning heart this time, so the judges reward will be great when it swings back toward the blessings of the right leaning heart.
Judge Moore will be vindicated. His reward will be great. So it is.

[familyofman]

Removal required a unanimous decision from the nine member panel - not much doubt from a legal perspective. Ruling 9 - 0 is very convincing that judge Moore went out of bounds with his protest from the bench.

[RetiredArmy]

From www.al.com, the Alabama site:

Court of Judiciary removes Roy Moore from Supreme Court

The Alabama Court of the Judiciary today ordered that Roy Moore be removed from his position as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The court unanimously found that Moore "willfully and publicly" defied a federal court order directed to him.

In August Moore was suspended from his position as Alabama's Chief Supreme Court Justice after refusing a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from public view at the state judicial building. Moore was charged with violating the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics for refusing the order.

On Wednesday the court heard testimony from Moore and Attorney General Bill Pryor. Moore testified that he followed his conscience and did nothing to violate judicial ethics.

In closing arguments, Assistant Attorney General John Gibbs said Moore's public refusal to obey a court order "undercuts the entire workings of the judicial system."

-- al.com staff and Associated Press reports

[Belial]

No surprise. It's tough to campaign for office while serving on the judiciary.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - MOORE