Ha-Ha! Fundie judge from Alabama gets fired!

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-11-13 02:49pm

there is hope for the South after all.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-11-13 02:51pm

Wow, I am seriously impressed. I didn't think they'd really do it.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-11-13 03:49pm

Stormbringer wrote:Wow, I am seriously impressed. I didn't think they'd really do it.

so am I, considering he didn't get a single vote of support!

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2003-11-13 08:47pm

Stormbringer wrote:Wow, I am seriously impressed. I didn't think they'd really do it.

They had no real choice. Moore's position constituted a direct attack upon the legitimacy of the Alabama judiciary. Essentially setting himself up as above the law and promoting contempt for the law and the courts, to have retained Moore even as an associate justice would have been tatamount to surrendering even the appearance of impartial administration and would have made Alabama's courts a national laughingstock. Institutional security alone demanded Moore's ouster; nevermind the fact that his actions were flatly illegal and his take upon constitutional theory was plainly bizarre.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-11-13 08:51pm

It's good to see Moore's neck swinging from a tree, but I'm worried that the fundies and fanatics will set him up as a sort of martyr to the cause, and since he's one of those martyrs that is, in fact, still actually alive, he could cause a bit of damage. Hopefully at worst he'll just embarrass Alabama some more; I doubt anybody will notice.

Natorgator · Post by **Natorgator** » 2003-11-13 09:11pm

Too bad now he'll run for governor and win. He originally got on the bench by appealing to the religious right, and will do the same again to get into office.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-11-13 09:25pm

true unfortunatly...

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-11-13 10:08pm

HemlockGrey wrote:It's good to see Moore's neck swinging from a tree, but I'm worried that the fundies and fanatics will set him up as a sort of martyr to the cause, and since he's one of those martyrs that is, in fact, still actually alive, he could cause a bit of damage. Hopefully at worst he'll just embarrass Alabama some more; I doubt anybody will notice.

I was thinking the same thing. The Religous Right will probably be whining about being persecuted by the big bad secularists for months because of the situation.