WELCOME TO THE PARTY, ALABAMA! ROLL PRIDE!

[rmd]

Yay Alabama!
... well, yay to the parts that learned their lesson back in the 1860's and are following federal court results. *cough*

#RollPride is my favorite co-opting of an athletic team's slogan possibly ever.
sorry for the delay - I've been shoveling back encroaching Fimbulwinter

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[cz_unit]

So when do the troops roll into Alabama and arrest their chief judge for high Treason?

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

When I heard about this, I thought Judge Moore's name was familiar. A quick web search of "judge moore commandments" provided I was correct. He's the judge that installed a large monument in the Alabama Supreme Court building of the Ten Commandments, and then refused to remove them with told by various courts to remove it.

Does this sound familiar?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Early_prayer.2FTen_Commandments_controversy

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The COJ ethics hearing was held on November 12, 2003. Moore repeated his earlier sentiment that "to acknowledge God cannot be a violation of the Canons of Ethics. Without God there can be no ethics." He also acknowledged that he would repeat his defiance of the court order if given another opportunity to do so, and that if he returned to office, "I certainly wouldn't leave [the monument] in a closet, shrouded from the public." In closing arguments, the Assistant Attorney General said Moore's defiance, left unchecked, "undercuts the entire workings of the judicial system.... What message does that send to the public, to other litigants? The message it sends is: If you don't like a court order, you don't have to follow it." Moore had previously stated his belief that the order was unlawful, and that compliance with such an order was not an enforceable mandate.

BTW, the Chief Justice position in Alabama is an elected position.

[cz_unit]

Indeed. That's why I think this guy needs to be tried for high treason.

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

Yup, the selfsame asshat. As soon as I heard "Moore" I thought, "Here we go again." Guy thinks that the position of judge means he gets to make the laws and decide which ones will be enforced (and on whom).