Chief Justice Roy Moore is Removed from Office

November 13, 2003

Mathew D. Staver

Today, a nine-member panel of the Alabama Court of the Judiciary voted unanimously to remove Justice Roy Moore from his office as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. The essence of the Order is that a judge must obey a court order after exhausting all legal remedies, and if there is a conflict between a state and the federal constitution, the federal constitution prevails.

It is unclear from this Order whether Justice Moore may remain a judge on the Alabama Supreme Court. However, since the Chief Justice position is an elected office, the probable outcome is that this decision completely removes him from the bench. To read the opinion, click here. (You will need a free Adobe Reader program to open and read this pdf file). This ruling did not address the Ten Commandments issue, it only addressed the Alabama canons of judicial ethics.

Liberty Counsel is currently defending 10 separate Ten Commandments cases around the country and has successfully defended the display of the Ten Commandments as stand-alone monuments or within the context of other historical and legal documents. For more information, see http://www.lc.org/misc/tencommandcases.htm .

UPDATE ON CHRISTIAN AND POLITICAL FLOATS

Last week I informed you about the victory involving the homecoming floats of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Republicans. After these students stood up against the attempted censorship and Liberty Counsel began preparing a federal lawsuit, the school backed down. Not only were the floats featured twice in the Orlando Sentinel newspaper and on all the local media, the FCA float took the "Most Spirited" award and the Young Republicans won the "Most Creative" award. These awards were voted on by their classmates.

Mathew D. Staver, Esq.
Liberty Counsel
http://www.lc.org.

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