Roy Moore Responds to Demands to Clean Out His Office

Monday, October 17, 2016, the suspended Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore (R) filed a motion to countermand the demands from Associate Supreme Court Justice Lyn Stuart (R) stating that Moore needs to clean out his office by October 18.

Stuart made the demand in two letters last week. She and Justice Michael Bolin (R) also summoned Chief Justice Roy Moore’s chief staff attorney and terminated him as well as two other full-time staff attorneys who had worked for the Chief Justice. All three had already been reassigned to work for other justices since Moore was suspended in May. A marshal and one of Stuart’s staff reportedly stayed with the three attorneys as they packed their belongings and turned in their keys.

The Motion to Countermand Justice Stuart’s October 11 letter states in part: “Any rulings to enforce, modify, or enlarge the judgment would properly arise from motion practice by the parties to the appeal, not by the unilateral action of the Acting Chief Justice. Justice Stuart is not a party to the appeal and has received no order either from the Court of the Judiciary or from the Alabama Supreme Court for the removal of the personal effects of the Chief Justice from his office. Her ultra vires action is an unlawful usurpation of the authority of the parties to the case and the judicial bodies entrusted with its resolution.”

Justice Stuart has assumed the duties of Chief Justice while Moore has been suspended.

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