Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Suspended for Rest of His Term Over Defiance on Gay Marriage – WSJ
“A disciplinary court suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for the remainder of his term Friday for violating judicial ethics in his defiance of federal court rulings on same-sex marriage.
The decision marks the second time the Court of the Judiciary, a nine-member panel made up of judges, lawyers and others, has sanctioned the chief justice, a onetime gubernatorial candidate known for his outspoken socially conservative views. In 2003, the court removed him from office for refusing to withdraw a Ten Commandments monument from a state judicial building. This time, the court didn’t formally remove him from office, but suspended him without pay for the remainder of his term, which expires in 2019. Because of his age, 69 years old, he will be barred under state law from running for chief justice again.”
Source: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Suspended for Rest of His Term Over Defiance on Gay Marriage – WSJ
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Alabama… why am I not surprised?
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I read this and I despair. Not about the state of marriage equality in the US but about the lack of it here in Australia. Alabama is notorious for its, shall we say conservative views, yet even in Alabama the US is making marriage equality /stick/.
Then look at Australia. We talk and talk and talk, but nothing happens except more talk…and a plebescite to rile things up and drag things out even more. Grrr….
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Sad thing is that this is the second time. I’m sure next election he’ll get voted in again.
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He can’t run in the net election! There’s an age restriction 😀
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…age discrimination. 🙂
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Oh cool. I didnt realize that. Hopefully a lesser idiot will win then :p
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It’s a start, but it isn’t enough. There needs to be serious enough punishment to set an example. Otherwise, laws will seem either applied only to the poor and politically-not-connect, or else laws will seem like something anyone can ignore. When someone of that judge’s stature gets away with what he’s done, a slap on the wrist is incitement for more judges to follow his footsteps instead of the law.
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Glad there was disciplinary action. As a judge you would think he would know that he can’t selectively apply the law based on his own personal views.
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I wonder how hard ol’ Roy prayed for this decision to be different, and what excuses he’s making for his failure.
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Of course he’s from the South. Good riddance.
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OMG! Where are you now? How are you now?
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Thanks for asking. I’m hanging in there, still in California, dealing with son’s addictions and mental health. Not an easy task to wend my way through rules and red tape. I’m blogging again about this very issue.
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