Come on God, it's time for you to talk to our friend, Judge Moore. Give him visions and such.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2099796/The Supreme Court of Alabama today ruled against its former chief justice, Roy Moore. Moore had filed a legal challenge to his firing after he refused to comply with a federal court injunction that required him to remove from the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building a monument to the Ten Commandments. Moore, of course, does not recognize the legitimacy of this ruling, any more than he recognized the legitimacy of any previous court rulings in this case. "The people of Alabama have a right to acknowledge God and no judge or group of judges has the right to take it from them," Moore said in a written statement.
Chatterbox's interest in this case is focused like a laser on one question: Will Moore now run for president on a third-party ticket? As Chatterbox has noted repeatedly, the Constitution Party is keen to make Moore its standard-bearer. If Moore runs for president, as he's suggested he might do, Moore has the potential to siphon so many Christian right votes from President George W. Bush as to throw the general election to the presumptive Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Moore, in other words, has the potential to become the Ralph Nader of the right.
According to Moore's spokeswoman, Jessica Atteberry, Moore isn't going to make any plans until he figures out how to respond to the Alabama ruling. Moore's lead attorney, Phillip Juaregui, told Chatterbox, "We have two options to consider." One is to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The other is to ask for a rehearing before the Alabama Supreme Court. It seems pretty clear to Chatterbox that both options would be a supreme waste of time, in view of three facts:
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
