United States v Roy Moore: The Most Important States' Rights Case in Decades

PatriotPetitions.US/Federalist.com ^ | 8-15-03

[cpforlife.org]

An Open Letter in Support of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's Defense of the Most Important Religious Liberty and States' Rights Test Case in Decades

(Please forward this important message to friends, family members, and fellow American Patriots)

A monument of the Ten Commandments placed in the rotunda of Alabama's Supreme Court building by Chief Justice Roy Moore, is the front line of the war over the First, Ninth and Tenth Amendment restrictions on the central government by our Constitution's Bill of Rights. Ordered by a federal court to remove the monument by August 20, Justice Moore has been warned by U.S. District and Appellate Courts that his states' rights argument will not be tolerated.

Judge Moore, of course, is rightly defending the original intent of the Founders, who drafted and approved the Bill of Rights, against erroneous interpretation by an activist Leftjudiciary, even as he prepares his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. This case is a major test case for states' rights and the so-called church-state "separation clause," and ultimately will determine the fundamental nature of government and the Constitution. To assess the importance of this case, consider this evaluation from 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ed Carnes, who ruled against Chief Justice Moore: "If Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's Ten Commandments monument were allowed to stand, it would mean a massive revision of how the courts have interpreted the First Amendment for years." Indeed, it would.

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Founder's Quote:

"The States supposed that by their tenth amendment, they had secured themselves against constructive powers." --Thomas Jefferson

[cpforlife.org]

PING,

Please consider taking 2 minutes and signing this very important petition. This is a critical point in time for our Constitution. Also forward to contacts.

[The UnVeiled Lady]

1st A:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF;

Or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Please sign the petition.

[cpforlife.org]

Thanks and God bless!

[Lurking Libertarian]

Moore's allies may be bailing on him.

[cpforlife.org]

PRAYER AT VALLEY FORGE

I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of the Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them into His holy keeping.
- George Washington

[cpforlife.org]

PING

[.30Carbine]

Thank you for pinging me. Just found the petition in my email, too. Already signed and forwarded. The Federalist Digest chose the following for their "Quote of the Week":

"The battle is not to the strong alone,
it is to the vigilant and the active and the brave.
So said Patrick Henry in 1775.
It was true then, and it's true today."
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, American Patriot

[yankeedame]

Perhaps the wish is father to the thought.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

What part of "establish" don't you understand?

$125,000,000.00 of Alabama taxpayer money went to pay for legal expenses and "consultants", all so Roy Moore could do a fundraising stunt for his televangelist buddies at Coral Ridge (affiliated with Paul and Jan Crouch). Who did it go to? On what? Who was controlling the invoices? Are a bunch of cracker lawyers and preacher types living an extravagant lifestyle courtesy of the taxpayers of Alabama?

[cpforlife.org]

LAW OF THE LAND
Judge Moore will appeal to Supreme Court
10 commandments chief justice won't back down on monument

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Posted: July 22, 2003
5:00 p.m. Eastern

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33695

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore announced today he will attempt to take his controversial Ten Commandments-monument case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.


Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore

Moore said he will not seek further hearings from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, which ruled unanimously earlier this month a 2½ ton granite monument he placed in the rotunda of the judiciary building in Montgomery must be removed.

The court said it represented a government promotion of a particular religion, in violation of the First Amendment.

"I will personally petition the United States Supreme Court as chief justice of this state to hear me on this matter," Moore said in a statement.


Monument of Ten Commandments

John Giles, president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama said his group "will not rest until the preservation of this monument bearing the moral foundation of our law is safely secured."

"The language in the 11th Circuit's order is a radical and historic departure from the bench," Giles said in a statement. "Is the monument, the Ten Commandments or Chief Justice Moore on trial? This must be challenged to the fullest extent."

Despite the appeals' court's order, July 1, Moore vowed to keep the monument in place, telling reporters, "We must defend our rights and preserve our constitution."

"For the federal courts to adopt the agenda of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and to remove the knowledge of God and morality from our lives is wrong," he said.

Moore wrote a treatise on his battle to retain the monument in this month's Whistleblower magazine, WND's monthly print publication.

In its decision, the appeals court panel compared Moore to Southern officials and governors of the past who refused to integrate schools after being ordered to do so by federal courts. The court also predicted Moore would lose if he appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.

The chief justice, who has become known as the "Ten Commandments judge," was sued by the ACLU after placing the monument in the courthouse in the middle of the night in July 2001.

The four-foot tall monument features the Commandments inscribed on two tablets along with historical quotations.

Editor's note: Chief Justice Roy Moore is one of the key writers in the July issue of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine. Titled "THE CONSTITUTION: America's ultimate battleground," this special issue explores whether the Constitution is still America's "supreme law of the land." In his article, "Putting God back in the public square," Justice Moore explains to Whistleblower's readers what the 1st Amendment is really all about.

[cake_crumb]

I've got news for you, even some Muslim groups in this country think this wacko interpretation of the establishment clause is ludicrous.

Congress has passed no law ESTABLISHING a religion. We're tired of having our history stripped from us. As goes our common history and culture are destroyed, so are we. If this evil lawsuit had never been filed, the taxpayers of the state of Alabama wouldn't be paying to defend against it.

The same thing is happening in front of a courthouse in Chester County PA. In fact, similar suits are being fought all over this country. This is NOT a "fundraising stunt" for Moore and his "televangelist buddies at Coral Ridge". This is national.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Show me how many involve defiant fight picking by Chief Justices of state supreme courts who were as closely tied with ministries as this one is, and show me how many involved defense costs that amounted to even a significant fraction of what Moore claims.

And you have no fundamental "freedom" to use my tax money, my tax paid public offices or my tax paid public property to ram your sect of Christianity down my throat.

[cake_crumb]

Petition signed.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Why argue with leftists?

The ACLU's arguments are always disingenuous.

We all know what these cases are about, especially JCLU supporters.

[joesnuffy]

Unprecedented...who would have ever imagined in the USA that Americans would find the ten commandments in a court house offensive.....
Dont know which is worse the enemy within or without

[Tom Bombadil]

We're tired of having our history stripped from us

bullseye......

[cake_crumb]

"And you have no fundamental 'freedom' to use my tax money, my tax paid public offices or my tax paid public property to ram your sect of Christianity down my throat."

Nor do you have the right to use my tax money to ram your radical sect of anti-religion down mine. You got a complaint about people fighting back against the ACLU, then take it to the ACLU. They started this.

You don't know WHAT "my sect of Christianity is, or even if I'm a member of one. Your assumption is based on prejudice because you ASSume that to fight for the Ten Commandments, the Pledge of Alleigance or any matter of state's rights versus federal mandates I must be a member of some Christian sect.

Our culture was here before you or I were, and it is our culture I'm fighting for. NATIONALLY, the cost of this fight far outweighs the single fight of Judge Moore, both monetarily and as a matter of preserving our own Constitution. It's not a single fight. It's a war. His is just the highest profile case.

Don't worry. No doubt the SCOTUS will preach from the pulpit of Political Correctness and no dooubt give you your wish. Another little piece of what makes us Americans will be gone.

[.30Carbine]

It Christianity that brought you the freedom to say what you just did. Thought you should know that.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Good - it makes my day when would be theocrats are forced to worship in their homes and churches on their own dime, as opposed to making noisome pharisaic displays that are meaningless in terms of personal devotion and sacrifice.