Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of term
Source: al.com
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended from the bench for telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding gay marriage.
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary (COJ) issued the order Friday suspending Moore from the bench for the remainder of his term.
"For these violations, Chief Justice Moore is hereby suspended from office without pay for the remainder of his term. This suspension is effective immediately," the order stated.
The court found him guilty of all six charges of violation of canon of judicial ethics.
Moore's term is to end in 2019. Gov. Robert Bentley will name a replacement for Moore.
Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/09/alabama_supreme_court_chief_ju.html#incart_breaking
Whew
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)But they will just reelect him at some point.
trof
(54,256 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,873 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/roy-moore-alabama-chief-justice.html?emc=edit_na_20160930&nlid=57435284&ref=cta&_r=0
Massacure
(7,525 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Nothing short of that will keep him from coming back.
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)That being said, maybe a lawyer here could chime in, if he does it again, wouldn't that be malfeasance, and get him booted for life?
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)but once he's 70 he can't run again.
so it's not happening.
cstanleytech
(26,307 posts)as SCOTUS which does not require a person to be a lawyer to be a judge.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)He needs to be forced to marry a hamster.... if it weren't cruel to the hamster.
How's that religion working' out for ya, Judge?
Tho' he's probably a martyr now.
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)Glad to see him gone, although I'm sure he will resurface soon speaking for some conservative think tank.
A slap in the face to him, at least, and long overdue.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,452 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,452 posts)6. Make it a paperweight for God's legal briefs in the upcoming post-armageddon sentencing trials....
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Because there really isn't a cure for stupid.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)where the voters, the executive branch, and the legislative branch do the damnedest things - the members of the judicial branch can still manage to come through - occasionally.
Call 'em what they are!
underpants
(182,861 posts)Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Mosby
(16,334 posts)Massacure
(7,525 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)Pandering waste of human flesh - disbar the ass and take any pension or state retirement monies from him. Let his God (whoever/whatever that is) provide for him.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Bye, Roy.
Maeve
(42,287 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)it being the second offense and removal from teh court they might disbar him. But we are talking Alabama. Home of the ALGOP corruption, and stupidity.
Nitram
(22,845 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)'bout time!
Nitram
(22,845 posts)lark
(23,138 posts)He should have been indefinitely suspended or better yet fired for advising others to disregard the law of the land and instead do what he told them to do,
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)see my comment, above: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1585193
Massacure
(7,525 posts)Moore's attorney stated:
"A majority of this court also agrees with the JIC that the only appropriate sanction for Chief Justice Moore is removal from office. Removal of a judge from office, however, requires 'the concurrence of all members sitting ... It is clear there was not a unanimous concurrence to remove the Chief from office, so the COJ suspends him for the remainder of his term. In other words, the COJ did what the rules say they cannot do. There is no meaningful difference between suspension for the remaining of the term and removal from office.
I agree with his argument. I wonder if it would have been cleaner from an appeals standpoint if they ended the suspension without pay one day before his term would have ended.
rivegauche
(601 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)Eugene
(61,937 posts)He can't run for another term due to his age.
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LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)with the bankers. Seriously, Lock THEM all up.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)A former Alabama attorney general went after Moore once.
He is William Pryor, Jr., now near the top of Trump's SCOTUS nominee list.
This doesn't sound connected to this situation until you know that this Eleventh Circuit judge has called Roe v. Wade "the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."
Being Catholic and raised in Alabama makes one as conservative as they come. Trump's troops would essentially return the Court to where it was before Scalia's death. Spurring southern votes with this suspension will help toward that end.
Call me conspiratorial, but I lived in the South and this is how Republican southern strategists think.
Beartracks
(12,820 posts)All too true.
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)cab67
(2,998 posts)Is being "permanently suspended" the same thing (legally) as being removed from office? I realize they have the same practical outcome.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)Beartracks
(12,820 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Not according to paragraph six of the article.
CJohnson_LS
(52 posts)Moore was a real prick with no knowledge of the law. Let this be a lesson to all the other bigots in office.