The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
on Wednesday filed a judicial ethics complaint against Alabama Chief
Justice Roy Moore over his public comments on a federal judge's
ruling striking down Alabama's ban on gay marriage.
In a letter addressed to Governor
Robert Bentley released to the media, Moore stated that with regard
to marriage Alabama's laws “have always recognized the Biblical
admonition stated by our Lord” and called on Bentley and Alabama
judges to defy the ruling, calling it “judicial tyranny.”
In comments with the media, Moore
declared “we will have a confrontation” if the order is enforced.
The SPLC filed its complaint with the
Judicial Inquiry Commission of Alabama, the same court that ousted
Moore from the bench in 2003 for refusing to remove from public
property a monument of the Ten Commandments which he had
commissioned.
“Moore is once again wrapping himself
in the Bible and thumbing his nose at the federal courts and federal
law,” SPLC President Richard Cohen said in a statement. “As a
private citizen, Moore is entitled to his views. But as the chief
justice of Alabama, he has a responsibility to recognize the
supremacy of federal law and to conform his conduct to the canons of
judicial ethics.”
The SPLC charges in its complaint that
Moore is encouraging lawlessness by “attempting to assemble a
virtual army of state officials and judges to oppose the federal
judiciary and its 'tyranny' – the opposite of what is expected from
the state's chief judge.” It also accuses Moore of improper public
comment on pending and impending proceedings.
Judge Moore has actually taken a stand against the judicial system that he works for, at the very least he should be removed from his position.
The mere fact, the man can't see the hypocrisy of a judge tyrannically defying another judges decision based on the premise of judicial activism is only further demonstration of his inability to be unbiased in anything not relating to his religious *values* (or lack thereof )
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