Seven Judges Appointed to Hear Judge Roy Moore’s Appeal

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) signed Executive Order Number 25. This Executive Order names, as Associate Justices, the seven judges who will constitute the Special Supreme Court that will hear the appeal of suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (R).

The complete list of the seven judges to hear Chief Justice Moore’s appeal include: H. Edward McFerrin, Robert G. Cahill, William R. King, John D. Coggin, Ralph A. Ferguson Jr., Lynn Clardy Bright, and James H. Reid Jr.

On Thursday, October 27, 2016, the Alabama Supreme Court drew names of judges from a pool of retired appellate justices and judges, retired circuit court judges and district court judges. The clerk of the Alabama Supreme Court then provided the Governor with the names of the seven judges selected and willing to serve.

Moore had wanted sitting elected judges instead of retirees. While the retired judges’ names were literally being drawn from a hat, Chief Justice Moore said in a statement to reporters outside of the State Supreme Court building, “I object to the procedure that is happening inside. These judges should be selected from a body of elected officials so they are accountable to the people.”

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