Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of term

[trof]

Source: al.com

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended from the bench for telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding gay marriage.
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary (COJ) issued the order Friday suspending Moore from the bench for the remainder of his term.

"For these violations, Chief Justice Moore is hereby suspended from office without pay for the remainder of his term. This suspension is effective immediately," the order stated.
The court found him guilty of all six charges of violation of canon of judicial ethics.

Moore's term is to end in 2019. Gov. Robert Bentley will name a replacement for Moore.

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/09/alabama_supreme_court_chief_ju.html#incart_breaking

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Whew

[Third Doctor]

1. Good

But they will just reelect him at some point.

[trof]

8. I think he'll run for governor...again.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. He will be too old to run again.

[yeoman6987]

18. He was born in 1947. Not that old.

[DonViejo]

25. Too old to run again according to the NYT....

The suspension was imposed by the state’s Court of the Judiciary, a nine-member body made up of selected judges, lawyers and others. While the court did not remove Chief Justice Moore from the bench entirely, as it did in 2003 after he defied orders to remove a giant monument of the Ten Commandments from the state judicial building, it effectively ended his career as a Supreme Court justice. His term ends in 2019, and Chief Justice Moore, 69, will be barred by law from running again at that time because of his age.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/roy-moore-alabama-chief-justice.html?emc=edit_na_20160930&nlid=57435284&ref=cta&_r=0

[Massacure]

29. In Alabama, judges cannot be elected or appointed to office after they turn 70 years old. n/t

[yeoman6987]

34. Oh wow. Thanks!

[sharp_stick]

2. He needs to be disbarred

Nothing short of that will keep him from coming back.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. You Bet!

That being said, maybe a lawyer here could chime in, if he does it again, wouldn't that be malfeasance, and get him booted for life?

[CreekDog]

49. he can't do it again, he'd have to be elected to a new term

but once he's 70 he can't run again.

so it's not happening.

[cstanleytech]

5. Might be immaterial if the state courts follow the same rules and regulations

as SCOTUS which does not require a person to be a lawyer to be a judge.

[AlbertCat]

35. He needs to be disbarred

He needs to be forced to marry a hamster.... if it weren't cruel to the hamster.


How's that religion working' out for ya, Judge?

Tho' he's probably a martyr now.

[hamsterjill]

4. Buh Bye Jerk!

Glad to see him gone, although I'm sure he will resurface soon speaking for some conservative think tank.

A slap in the face to him, at least, and long overdue.

[RKP5637]

6. Excellent! K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Brother Buzz]

7. Good, now he'll have time to polish his paperweight

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. For your listening pleasure....

http://server4.whiterosesociety.org/content/malloy/MalloyMemories/Top_10_things_to_do_with_that_Ten_Commandments_Monument.mp3

[Brother Buzz]

38. LOL, paperweight made the list!

6. Make it a paperweight for God's legal briefs in the upcoming post-armageddon sentencing trials....

[BlueCaliDem]

9. And yet, Alabamans will vote for the asswipe again. Mark my words.

Because there really isn't a cure for stupid.

[yallerdawg]

10. Even in Alabama...

where the voters, the executive branch, and the legislative branch do the damnedest things - the members of the judicial branch can still manage to come through - occasionally.

Call 'em what they are!

[underpants]

28. Al Abama

[Duckhunter935]

11. Needs to be without pay

[Mosby]

23. It is....nt

[Massacure]

27. It is without pay. n/t

[packman]

12. Good news

Pandering waste of human flesh - disbar the ass and take any pension or state retirement monies from him. Let his God (whoever/whatever that is) provide for him.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. See, there is a God.

Bye, Roy.

[Maeve]

15. Justice. Sweet. eom

[Cryptoad]

16. one would think,,,,

it being the second offense and removal from teh court they might disbar him. But we are talking Alabama. Home of the ALGOP corruption, and stupidity.

[Nitram]

20. I doubt his license to practice law is going to be of much help.

[Cryptoad]

24. couldn't hurt to take his license........

[lillypaddle]

17. Yes!

'bout time!

[Nitram]

19. Now that is Justice!

[Maven]

21. GOOD! nt

[lark]

22. Not sufficient.

He should have been indefinitely suspended or better yet fired for advising others to disregard the law of the land and instead do what he told them to do,

[DonViejo]

26. He's done....

see my comment, above: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1585193

[Massacure]

30. I kind of agree with a statement Moore's attorney made:

Moore's attorney stated:

"A majority of this court also agrees with the JIC that the only appropriate sanction for Chief Justice Moore is removal from office. Removal of a judge from office, however, requires 'the concurrence of all members sitting ... It is clear there was not a unanimous concurrence to remove the Chief from office, so the COJ suspends him for the remainder of his term. In other words, the COJ did what the rules say they cannot do. There is no meaningful difference between suspension for the remaining of the term and removal from office.

I agree with his argument. I wonder if it would have been cleaner from an appeals standpoint if they ended the suspension without pay one day before his term would have ended.

[rivegauche]

31. Without pay!!! YESSSSS! nt

[volstork]

32. Outstanding!

[Eugene]

33. Great! He's gone and he can't come back.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/09/alabama_supreme_court_chief_ju.html

He can't run for another term due to his age.

[LittleGirl]

39. LOCK HIM UP

with the bankers. Seriously, Lock THEM all up.

[ancianita]

40. Important and overdue, but also a dramatic act to vote Trump for a conservative SCOTUS.

A former Alabama attorney general went after Moore once.

He is William Pryor, Jr., now near the top of Trump's SCOTUS nominee list.

This doesn't sound connected to this situation until you know that this Eleventh Circuit judge has called Roe v. Wade "the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."

Being Catholic and raised in Alabama makes one as conservative as they come. Trump's troops would essentially return the Court to where it was before Scalia's death. Spurring southern votes with this suspension will help toward that end.

Call me conspiratorial, but I lived in the South and this is how Republican southern strategists think.

[Beartracks]

46. Yep, he can be heralded as another martyr for the cause!!

All too true.

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[Angry Dragon]

41. He needs to walk on the chain gang ...........if they have them in Alabama

[shenmue]

42. Yes

[cab67]

43. is this what they did after the Ten Commandments issue?

Is being "permanently suspended" the same thing (legally) as being removed from office? I realize they have the same practical outcome.

[Princess Turandot]

44. In 2003, he was removed from office. NT

[Beartracks]

45. Cue the martyr complex! n/t

[LostOne4Ever]

47. Bye bye Roy, your hateful ass won't be missed!

[ColesCountyDem]

48. "... Gov. Robert Bentley will name a replacement for Moore...."

Not according to paragraph six of the article.

[Owl]

50. Good!

[CJohnson_LS]

51. This is wonderful news

Moore was a real prick with no knowledge of the law. Let this be a lesson to all the other bigots in office.