SPLC: Alabama chief justice ‘playing word games to save his skin’
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary today held a hearing to determine whether to issue a summary judgment in the ethics case against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.
The ethics charges were brought by the state Judicial Inquiry Commission after the SPLC filed a complaint accusing Moore of abusing his office by instructing probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in defiance of federal law. The Court did not issue a ruling today. The following is a statement by SPLC President Richard Cohen following the hearing:
"Roy Moore has abused his power to push his personal agenda for far too long. He told 68 probate judges to defy a federal court order that he disagrees with, and now he’s playing word games to save his skin. His arguments are unseemly and dishonest. Alabama is a great state and it deserves better than a judge like Roy Moore who thinks he is above the law."
