Roy Moore

‎2016 Charges in Alabama Court of the Judiciary ← Previous revision Revision as of 04:08, 23 June 2016 Line 197: Line 197:   On May 27, Moore filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, alleging that his automatic suspension was unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/381233671.html|title=Justice Roy Moore suing the Judicial Inquiry Commission|author=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 28, 2016|work=[[WTOK-TV]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lc.org/PDFs/Attachments2PRsLAs/2016/052716-Chief-Justice-Roy-Moore-Complaint.pdf], Roy Moore Verified Complaint</ref>   On May 27, Moore filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, alleging that his automatic suspension was unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/381233671.html|title=Justice Roy Moore suing the Judicial Inquiry Commission|author=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 28, 2016|work=[[WTOK-TV]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lc.org/PDFs/Attachments2PRsLAs/2016/052716-Chief-Justice-Roy-Moore-Complaint.pdf], Roy Moore Verified Complaint</ref>     − On June 22, Roy Moore filed a motion to dismiss the JIC proceedings arguing, among other things, that the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Alabama Court of the Judiciary did not have jurisdiction over review of Administrative Orders of the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and that the JIC had failed to adhere to it's own rules regarding confidentiality of the proceedings. Moore also continued to assert in his motion to dismiss that the orders of the Alabama Supreme Court were still in effect from the [[Same-sex_marriage_in_Alabama#Alabama_Policy_Institute_lawsuit | Alabama Policy Institute]] proceedings prohibiting the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses by probate judges in Alabama, despite the rulings in [[Obergefell_v._Hodges | Oberfell v. Hodges]] issued by the [[US Supreme Court]], [[Same-sex_marriage_in_Alabama#Searcy_v._Strange | Searcy v. Strange]], [[Same-sex_marriage_in_Alabama#Strawser_v._Strange | Strawser v. Strange]], and the [[Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals]] which abrogated these orders.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/316364096/Alabama-Chief-Justice-Roy-Moore-Response Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore JIC Response]. Scribd.com</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=June 2016}} + On June 22, Roy Moore filed a motion to dismiss the JIC proceedings arguing, among other things, that the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Alabama Court of the Judiciary did not have jurisdiction over review of Administrative Orders of the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and that the JIC had failed to adhere to it's own rules regarding confidentiality of the proceedings. Moore also continued to assert in his motion to dismiss that the orders of the Alabama Supreme Court were still in effect from the [[Same-sex_marriage_in_Alabama#Alabama_Policy_Institute_lawsuit | Alabama Policy Institute]] proceedings prohibiting the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses by probate judges in Alabama, despite the rulings in [[Obergefell_v._Hodges | Oberfell v. Hodges]] issued by the [[US Supreme Court]], [[Same-sex_marriage_in_Alabama#Searcy_v._Strange | Searcy v. Strange]], [[Same-sex_marriage_in_Alabama#Strawser_v._Strange | Strawser v. Strange]], and the [[Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals]] which abrogated these orders.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/316364096/Alabama-Chief-Justice-Roy-Moore-Response Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore JIC Response]. Scribd.com</ref><ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Alabama-justice-denies-telling-judges-to-block-8315778.php], Alabama Justice Denies Telling Judges to Block Same Sex Marriage</ref><ref>[http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2016/06/21/roy-moore-same-sex-marriage-order-meant-advice/86192612/], Roy Moore Same Sex Marriage Order Meant as Advice</ref>       ==Election issues and campaigns==   ==Election issues and campaigns==