Today Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore filed a motion to recuse four of the current Alabama Supreme Court justices and three former justices who sat by designation in his May petition regarding the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC). Three of the current justices presided over the prior petition. These are named by the Chief in a sealed affidavit. The fourth current justice is Shaw, who did not preside over the prior petition. However, in his March 2016 concurring opinion, Shaw commented on the January 2016 Administrative Order, which is at issue in the present appeal. Three former justices, who also were named in the sealed affidavit, were specially appointed to preside over the prior petition filed by the Chief.

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