Moore Case Prompts Request for Changes in Alabama Law

Sep 6, 2016

The Alabama Republican State Executive Committee recently overwhelmingly passed two resolutions requesting changes in the state’s process for punishing judges and for mandates regarding the composition of the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC).

In light of the baseless charges filed against Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore by the JIC regarding his administrative order issued in January 2016, Alabama’s Republican Party's executive committee asks that the state legislature enact a law to abolish the rule that judges are automatically suspended when charges are filed by the JIC. The resolution also calls for the election of all nine of the JIC members.

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