Alabama Guv Interviews Roy Moore As Potential Replacement For Sen. Sessions
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published DECEMBER 21, 2016, 3:24 PM EDT
The Alabama governor's office confirmed Wednesday that he had interviewed suspended Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore to potentially replace Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
Sessions, Trumps nominee for U.S. attorney general, would leave an vacancy in the U.S. Senate if he is confirmed next year. Local news station WVTM confirmed with the Gov. Robert Bentley's (R) office that Moore was under consideration to fill Session's seat.
Moore was formally suspended for the remainder of his term as chief justice in September, on the grounds that he ordered lower court justices not to give same-sex couples marriage licenses. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in June of 2015 that same-sex couples have marriage rights in all 50 states.
In December, Moore's attorneys appealed that suspension, arguing that it amounted to a de facto removal from the bench, which requires a unanimous vote from the Alabama Court of the Judiciary, and that Moore had not actually ordered lower court judges to defy federal orders.
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dbackjon
(6,578 posts)msongs
(67,405 posts)BigDemVoter123
(43 posts)And yes, things HAVE gotten worse with this appalling pseudo-Christian fascist. He's disgusting.
Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)Paladin
(28,254 posts)This is not going to end well.
GreydeeThos
(958 posts)Hillary won this election, but the Republicans manage to steal it with the antique setup in the constitution.
Paladin
(28,254 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)Could it just be 2 years? How I hope so, but gerrymandering gives them such an in-built advantage.
Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)That took a special kind of depravity.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Judi Lynn
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lastlib
(23,224 posts)jpak
(41,757 posts)Oh wait.
Never mind...
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)Who would you rather come visit you at your home: Gov. BENTley, Justice Moore, or Sen. Little Jeffie Sessions?
You would want to nail your door shut before any of them could show up.
The Republicans have turned our country into a noxious, reeking hell.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)"Bat Shit Crazy" fits the bill.!
Hugin
(33,135 posts)Are you paying attention "go along, to get along" camp?
Jeeeeebus!
pfitz59
(10,377 posts)Run by full-on lunatics....