Most Alabama Residents Support Chief Justice Roy Moore - 1 Dec 2003
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...A poll finds that most Alabama residents support former Chief Justice Roy Moore. The Mobile Register-University of South Alabama poll found that more than 60% of state residents do not think Moore's battle to publicly acknowledge God should have cost him his job. In early November, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary found Moore guilty of ethics violations for disobeying a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building. According to the poll, many of the respondents also said they would vote for Moore if he ran for the U.S. Senate or even for President next year. Meanwhile, a Dothan, Alabama, attorney will announce on Tuesday a lawsuit he has filed that seeks to restore Moore as the state's chief justice. Johnny Davis says his client, Christian talk-show host Kelly McGinley of Mobile, brings the suit as a voter and taxpayer of Alabama. McGinley says "the rights of all voters who elected Judge Moore were violated by his unconstitutional removal." According to press release from Davis's office, the suit names as defendants Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, the Judicial Inquiry Commission, the Court of the Judiciary, and the State of Alabama. |