Justice Moore Says Ten Commandments Battle Not Over Yet

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Justice Moore Says Ten Commandments Battle Not Over Yet

By David Brody Congressional Correspondent

November 4, 2003

Justice Moore's Ten Commandments crusade came to a screeching halt at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday.

CBN.com – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even though the Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, the legal battles over the Ten Commandments are far from over. Justice Moore's Ten Commandments crusade came to a screeching halt at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. The justices were simply unwilling to take the case, and gave no reason as to why.

"We do not intend to give up," Justice Moore said. "We have only begun to fight and that's exactly what the message the people of this country need to hear. This battle is not over."

Though the judge is out of options at the Supreme Court, he is not letting the issue go. CBN News has been told he is working with some congressmen who have drafted legislation that would basically strip power from the courts so they would not be allowed to rule on Ten Commandments cases anymore.

Moore and the congressmen believe the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the authority to do just that, and that could be significant because there are plenty of Ten Commandment cases on judicial dockets across the country. It may be just a matter of time before the high court takes a case, because this issue is not going away.

Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America said, "The fact that the Supreme Court didn't take this case doesn't mean that the public support for the public display of the Ten Commandments is going to die down. In fact, I think just the opposite because it leaves the question out there: ‘Is it constitutional or not to have a public display of the Ten Commandments in government buildings?’"

And that fight is expected to be played out in local communities everywhere. That is partly because the ACLU is asking their supporters to look for Ten Commandments displays all over the country so they can fight to get all of them removed.

[Saundra Duffy]

I think it's over and God lost (seemingly).

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - TEN COMMANDMENTS

[Dog Gone]

Moore knows that he lost, and his "plan" to continue the fight is simply a charade. Has he started asking supporters for contributions yet?

[PeterPrinciple]

I would suggest that we all have been tainted by the lies of liberals. There are a few good men left in this world who will fight for a just cause until the war is won even though a battle has been lost.

So far the evidence says to me that Moore is one of those few good men.

[Dog Gone]

I'm suspicious of Judge Moore, because it appears to me that he lost this case on purpose. He is too smart of an attorney and judge to have fought the legal battle the way he did, which virtually guaranteed a loss.

Now, perhaps I'm wrong, and he is a lousy attorney and judge with pure motives. But something tells me that he wanted to become a martyr for the cause for some other reason. If that's so, he actually betrayed his supporters, because the court decisions actually represent a legal setback to them. Things are worse now than if Moore had never put the monument in the courthouse in the first place.

[PeterPrinciple]

Remember where we getting most of our information on this case. The liberal press definately has an agenda.

I will concede we have been disappointed by others in the past. Moore has not taken the easier path of doing nothing and in my opinion has taken a difficult path. Time will tell us.


When people try to lead there is nothing but criticism, I have experienced this and I am sure you have also.

[Dog Gone]

Well, I hope you're right. I'm remaining critical because I repeatedly posted here prior to the decisions that he was choosing tactics that guaranteed defeat. He could have fought it in other ways that probably would have resulted in victory.

Much still needs to play out before the final story is written on this matter. I don't recall the date of his disciplinary hearing, but I think it's in the next few weeks. He's going to lose that, in all likelihood. If he decides to run for political office next year, then I think my suspicions will be confirmed. I suspect this was mostly a publicity stunt and campaign ploy to rally support of people who honestly think the government has gone too far (which it has) in removing all references to religion.

I'll be happy to be wrong about my suspicion.