Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, has ordered his state’s probate judges to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples because he does not believe that the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision applies to Alabama. Claiming the Supreme Court did not specifically address Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges case, Moore…
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore continues to “flout and violate” the state’s code of judicial ethics following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage across the country, according to a new supplement filed today in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) ongoing ethics complaint against Moore. “Justice Moore has been removed…
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s son was arrested Sunday for drug possession. Alabama.com reported that Caleb Moore, 24, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Officers had responded to a break-in call and found Moore and four other men outside the house near a pick-up truck that smelled strongly of…
