Roy Moore is the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, but he isn't known for judiciousness. (Brickbats).Roy Moore For the baseball player, see . Roy Moore is a controversial American jurist and politician noted for his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse despite orders from a federal court is the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, elected in partisan elections for staggered six year terms. , but he isn't known for judiciousness. He first gained prominence as a trial judge in Etowah County when he defied a state order by posting the 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. in his courtroom. This year, when the court used state law to strip a lesbian mother of custody of her three children, Moore spent most of the 33 pages of his concurring opinion Noun 1. concurring opinion - an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning judgement, legal opinion, opinion, judgment - the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; attacking homosexuality as an "inherent evil." Citing the Bible, Moore insisted that "if a person openly engages in such a practice, that fact alone would render him or her an unfit parent. |
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