The Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee passed a resolution last Saturday calling on the unelected Alabama Court of the Judiciary to drop the charges by the unelected Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) against Chief Justice Roy Moore.

The JIC has charged Chief Justice Moore with six counts. The Chief Justice has been suspended with pay pending that trial, pursuant to an automatic removal provision that requires any judge charged with a complaint be removed pending the hearing. Chief Justice Moore has argued that the JIC has exceeded its jurisdiction in bringing these charges against him. The charges stem from the Chief Justice’s January 2016 Administrative Order, which essentially said that the 2015 Orders of the Alabama Supreme Court remained in effect until such time as the Court said otherwise, and that the Alabama Supreme Court was reviewing the matter and would render an opinion.

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