Ala. Justice Suspended Over Ten Commandments Refusal
A judicial ethics panel has suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore due to his refusal to comply with a court order to remove the Ten Commandments monument.
Moore was automatically suspended with pay when the nine-member Judicial Inquiry Commission referred the ethics complaint against Moore to the Court of the Judiciary, which holds trial-like proceedings and can discipline and remove judges.
The Court of the Judiciary, currently made up of four judges, three lawyers and two non-lawyers, has handled numerous judicial ethics cases. The ethics complaint was filed by Stephen Glassroth, the Birmingham lawyer who filed the initial suit. His reaction to the suspension:
"I respect whatever it is that they do," he said.
Glassroth is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ( NACDL.)
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