Posted on 06/07/2016 10:01:32 AM PDT by Ray76
Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been given an extra two weeks to respond to judicial ethics charges leveled by the state's Judicial Inquiry Commission regarding an order he issued in opposition to gay marriage.
Moore last week had filed a motion for an indefinite extension of time to file his response. He asked that the process be held up until a federal judge rules on his request for a preliminary injunction against the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.
Alternatively, Moore asked for a 14-day extension.
In his request for a federal preliminary injunction Moore alleges that Alabama law allowing the automatic suspension of a judge, while pending the outcome of a charge leveled by JIC, violates the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Moore has said that the JIC has no business investigating or filing charges regarding his order. "The Judicial Inquiry Commission has no authority over the administrative orders of the chief justice of Alabama
(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...
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He was duly elected by the people of Alabama and as such can only be removed by impeachment. Tell the feds to piss off!
It’s not the feds who are attacking him, but a STATE commission.
Nevertheless, the feds put this monster in motion.
What?? The leftards are upset because Judge Moore has ethics?
You will be made to care
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