[fieldmarshaldj]

Interesting how you smear Chief Justice Moore's good name all over this thread and you offer not one single criticism of the REAL abomination in all of this, the Carter-appointed anti-Constitutional apostate fraud-in-a-robe named Myron Thompson. Thompson disregarded the Constitution entirely with his so-called "ruling" and Moore upheld the 1st Amendment to the Constitution. He damn well not only had a right, but a DUTY, to disregard Thompson's "order." If a state judge obeying the United States Constitution is chaos, bring it ON ! Roy Moore belongs on the U.S. Supreme Court.

[GrandEagle]

Thompson disregarded the Constitution entirely
Agreed, however, so do most Federal Judges, along with the Supreme court.
Thompson probably didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. The SCOTUS had made a declaratory ruling several years ago with regard to the fictitious "Separation of Church and State" clause. This ruling was void of any Constitutional basis, just simply declared to be law because it was the wishes of the majority of the bench.
Judge Thompson, either agreed with the SCOTUS declaration, or simply took the path of least resistance. Either way, his ruling, while unconstitutional, was in keeping with the current ruling classes wishes. In other words, he did not "make waves".
I don't think Judge Moore's actions were so much against judge Thompson, but more to force the SCOTUS's hand. IMHO.
Since Judge Moore's allegiance is to our Constitution, and not to the ruling class in SCOTUS, you are very correct in that he had a duty to disregard the order.

Cordially,
GE

[Clintonfatigued]

Judge Moore may have done the right thing, but he did it in the wrong way. Do you remember how he obtanied that plaque of the Ten Commandments? He purchased it secretly and then had it hauled into the Court House in the dead of night, without telling any of the other justices about it. And while Myron Thompson is a left-wing shill, Moore didn't have to defy the court. He could have, at the very least, sought a stay of the judges order pending further appeal. Instead, he proclaimed that he would defy the Federal Court. To many older Alabama citizens, his methods (if not goals) brought back embarrassing memories of George Wallace.

Roy Moore's intentions may have been good, but he made himself look like a camera-mugging opportunist. And he damaged his own cause in the process.