Ten Commandments Fight May Head to D.C.

[Khephra]

Ten Commandments Fight May Head to D.C.

By GINA HOLLAND
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP)--The Supreme Court was urged Friday to block the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from an Alabama court, part of an unusual legal strategy by the state's defiant top judge.

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has vowed to ignore a federal court order to move the 5,300-pound granite monument from the state judicial building. A federal judge ruled that the monument violates the Constitution's ban on government promotion of religion and must be removed by next week.

Moore's lawyers, in an extraordinary appeal at the Supreme Court, were challenging the judge's authority to tell Moore, and other state officials, what to do. Moore ``has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and here's a judge's opinion that tells him he must do something that is contrary to his oath,'' said Moore's attorney, Herbert Titus.

Titus said the paperwork was filed Friday. It was unclear when it would be processed and reviewed by the justices, who are on their summer break.

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[sybylla]

1. Not surprising

This ignorant pile of judicial waste won't give up his precious until he looses his job. I got $50 dollars says he won't remove it even if scotus says he has to.

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. He is playing upon the ignorance

and piety of so called Christains . This is a touchy subject with some .

It takes a real sense of hubris to defy a court order
He is an idiot

[tnlefty]

3. Shouldn't a judge that defies a court order be disrobed?

Pitiful attempt at humor aside, shouldn't he be forced from office? What does he do if someone decides to just ignore a ruling from his court?

[Kitsune]

5. Shouldn't he be in jail?

Isn't this a terribly basic case of contempt of court?

[ozymandius]

4. Well, we already know how Scalia and Thomas will vote.

Maybe they can sit this debate out. Perhaps sit on each other's thumbs?

[PurityOfEssence]

6. Shouldn't Roy Moore be personally paying the fine?

The State shouldn't have to pay for something that he did on his own, right?

What price Jesus, Mr. Moore?