Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore faces trial

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) will be fighting for his career in yet another trial before the Court of the Judiciary.

The charges against the Chief Justice were brought by the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC). The JIC is being widely criticized for their actions in attempting to remove the elected Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice is defended by Liberty Counsel. The founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, Matt Staver, said, ”The current situation allows the JIC too much power and the ability to punish judges without due process. Chief Justice Roy Moore should have never been suspended from his bench from these baseless charges. The JIC has become an arm of the Southern Poverty Law Center and other politically-motivated groups. The JIC is not supposed to be politically biased but it has become so. The JIC needs to be reigned in.”

The Alabama Republican Executive Committee has called for reforms in how the JIC is chosen and operates. The Alabama GOP passed two resolutions calling for the nine members of the JIC to be elected. The ALGOP Executive Committee also passed a resolution calling for overturning the rule that a judge is suspended while facing JIC charges.

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