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Panel Orders Ala. 'Commandments' Judge Removed Justice Roy Moore Argues He Was Upholding Oath By Fighting For Monument POSTED: 12:20 p.m. EST November 13, 2003 UPDATED: 12:33 p.m. EST November 13, 2003 MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A judicial panel has ordered that suspended Alabama chief justice Roy Moore be removed from his position for defying a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from a courthouse. The state Court of the Judiciary unanimously imposed the harshest penalty possible after a one-day trial in which Moore said his refusal was a moral and lawful acknowledgment of God. Prosecutors said Moore's defiance, left unchecked, would harm the judicial system. In reading the decision, a panel member said Moore was a danger because he "placed himself above the law." State prosecutors on Wednesday urged the panel to remove Moore from office for disobeying a federal judge's order to move his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse. More than 200 people packed the Alabama courtroom for the hearing. Moore argued he was upholding his oath of office and his promises to Alabama voters by refusing to move the 2.5-ton granite monument. Moore is halfway through a six-year elected term. It would take a unanimous vote by members of the Alabama Court of the Judiciary to remove him. He's been suspended with pay since charges were filed in August. ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
