Alabama commandments judge fights ouster.Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice chief justice n. the presiding judge of any State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. The Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court is appointed by the President and then confirmed (or not) by the U. S. Senate. The Chief Justice sets the tone for the Court, assigns the writing of majority opinions to fellow justices or to himself/herself, and oversees the management of the court and its staff. Since U. S. Roy Moore is appealing his removal from the state's high court. On Nov. 13, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary unanimously voted to remove Moore as chief justice because of his refusal to obey a federal court ruling to remove a Ten Commandments Ten Commandments or Decalogue [Gr.,=ten words], in the Bible, the summary of divine law given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. They have a paramount place in the ethical system in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Listed in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, the commandments are divided into duties toward God, one's neighbors, and society. Their normative status is indicated by their prescriptive and unconditional language. monument from the state Judicial Building's rotunda. Moore's appeal will be heard by a seven-member panel of retired Alabama judges. Several of the Religious Right groups that have supported Moore's actions are now recruiting candidates to run for state offices, including three seats on the state's high court. Jim Zeigler, one of the attorneys who represented Moore told the Associated Press that there are "a number of conservative Christians active in the Ten Commandments movement who want to elect bold conservative Christians to Alabama offices." The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Washington-based Christian Defense Foundation and a strident Moore supporter, said his group wants the Ten Commandments to be a "major campaign issue." |
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