Posted on 08/28/2003 10:42:20 AM PDT by Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
CNN) -- The Ten Commandments monument is out of sight in the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery, but the battle over the 2.6-ton granite slab remains highly visible.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore installed the monument in 2001 and was suspended last week after defying a federal court order to remove it from the judicial building's rotunda. Workers moved it from public view Wednesday, but Moore and his supporters have vowed to continue their fight, including an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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