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Originally Posted by mtl1
We can create a list of reasons to suspend liberal judges.
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And if those lists show such violations the judicial canons of the State of Alabama, according to the decision of the State Judicial Committee, then a liberal judge should be suspended.
Every state uses lawyers to judge other lawyers. All have very strict ethical standards that, like them or not, they all have to adhere to. Those standards are codified in the canons, and are not arbitrary.
The State Supreme courts have to adhere to the strictest professional ethics of all, especially the Chief Justice, the person who leads the court.
No one, even the topmost law official in any state, is above the law, and cannot arbitrarily decide what to enforce or not, or is legal or not. Those must be decided only in the proper manner, or all laws are worthless.
Since Chief Justice Moore was an elected official and broke no criminal laws, he cannot be sent to prison. But by violating the ethical standards, he can be suspended from performing the duties of his office, and was, once before.
The latest suspension, in May 2016, was temporary, so that the issue could be discussed before a final decision. Judge Moore himself requested a summary decision on the matter, which sped the process up. And now he has what he requested.
This second decision now renders him powerless for the rest of his term. He cannot participate in the proceedings of the court, will receive no salary, and will do nothing but stare at an empty desk, but he can still run for the office again once his term is up.
Judge Moore was suspended from office like this once before, in 2003, and was serving as Chief Justice then as well. He was re-elected 10 years later, in 2013, and his term in office ends in January, 2019.
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