Slate's Chatterbox 10 Commandments Judge Speaks Out; Justice Roy Moore

NPR Day to Day ^ | 3-11-04 | Timothy Noah

[Kay Soze]

Slate columnist Timothy Noah speaks with former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who gained national recognition for placing a monument to the Ten Commandments in the courthouse lobby in defiance of a court order. Moore discusses issues ranging from gay marriage, the separation of church and state and his own political ambitions.

[Kay Soze]

William Pryor president Bush's recess apointed judge is the man that fired Roy Moore.

[TheBigB]

Incorrect. Moore was removed fronm the bench by unanimous vote of the AL Court of the Judiciary.

[Kay Soze]

Really!

This interview with Roy Moore says it was Pryor that fired him.

[Kay Soze]

PS

Do you think Moore would run for president?

I see your from Alabama.

What do you guys feel about Roy Moore?

[TheBigB]

"Alabama's nine-member Court of the Judiciary removed Roy Moore from his position as chief justice today for defiance of a federal judge's order to move his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse.

With a unanimous vote, the panel concluded Moore violated judicial ethical standards and removed him halfway through his six-year elected term.

"This court hereby orders that Roy S. Moore be removed from his position as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama," said Presiding Judge William Thompson. "The chief justice showed no signs of contrition for his actions."

Moore is mostly popular in Alabama, and many would support him for another office. There are those...mostly the self-described intelligentsia...who do not like him, but he is popular with grass-roots Alabamians. No, he will not run for Prez.

[Bonaparte]

...and if you go to the PFAW website, they claim that Pryor "backed" Moore. The truth is that Pryor, as Alabama AG, merely did his job. The injunction against Moore was valid (as distinct from constitutional) and Pryor, regardless of his personal opinion, was obligated to do the job he was elected to do.