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Roy Moore
|Roy Moore
|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
|In office
January 15, 2013 – April 26, 2017
Suspended May 6, 2016
|Preceded by
|Chuck Malone
|Succeeded by
|Lyn Stuart
|In office
January 15, 2001 – November 13, 2003
|Preceded by
|Perry O. Hooper Sr.
|Succeeded by
|Gorman Houston
|Circuit Judge on the Sixteenth Circuit of Alabama
|In office
|Appointed by
|H. Guy Hunt
|Preceded by
|Julius Swann
|Succeeded by
|William Millican
|Personal details
|Roy Stewart Moore
February 11, 1947
Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
|Political party
|Kayla Kisor
|4 (1 adopted)
|US Military Academy (BS)
University of Alabama (JD)
|Campaign website
Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is a Republican politician and a former American judge. Moore was elected to the position of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2001, but removed from his position in November 2003 by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary for refusing to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments commissioned by him from the Alabama Judicial Building despite orders to do so by a federal court. Moore was again elected to be Chief Justice in 2013, but was suspended in May 2016 for directing probate judges to continue to enforce the state's ban on same-sex marriage despite the fact that it had been overturned; following an unsuccessful appeal, Moore resigned in April 2017.
In the years preceding his first election to the state Supreme Court, Moore successfully resisted attempts to have a display of the Ten Commandments removed from the courtroom. The controversy around Moore generated national attention. Moore's supporters regard his stand as a defense of "judicial rights" and the Constitution of Alabama. Moore contended that federal judges who ruled against his actions consider "obedience of a court order superior to all other concerns, even the suppression of belief in the sovereignty of God."[1]
Moore sought the Republican nomination for the governorship of Alabama in 2006, but lost to incumbent Bob Riley in the June primary by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. On June 1, 2009 he announced his campaign for the 2010 election for governor.[2] Moore placed fourth in the Republican primary held on June 1, 2010, having received only 19 percent of the vote.
On April 18, 2011, Moore announced that he was forming an exploratory committee to run in the Republican presidential primaries in 2012.[3][4] When that campaign failed to gain traction, he began to draw speculation in the media as being a potential Constitution Party presidential contender.[5][6] In November 2011, Moore withdrew his exploratory committee and ended all speculation of a presidential candidacy when he instead announced that he would in 2012 seek his former post of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.[7] On November 6, 2012, Moore won election back to the office of Alabama Chief Justice, defeating replacement Democratic candidate Bob Vance.[8][9]
On May 6, 2016, Moore was suspended from the bench and awaited a hearing and trial by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary for multiple ethics code violations, including abuse of authority and interference with federal-level court rulings and injunctions related to same-sex marriage.[10] Following the completion of the investigation and a unanimous vote by the Court of the Judiciary, Moore was suspended without pay for the remainder of his term on September 30, 2016. Moore was found guilty of all six charges against him of violation of the canons of judicial ethics.[11][12]
On April 26, 2017 Roy Moore resigned from the Alabama Supreme Court and announced he would be running for the United States Senate. [13][14][15]
- 1 Early life
- 2 Circuit Judge
- 3 Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
- 3.1 Campaign and election
- 3.2 Case of D.H. vs. H.H.
- 3.3 Ten Commandments monument controversy
- 3.4 Return to the bench
- 3.5 Same-sex marriage
- 3.6 2016 Charges in Alabama Court of the Judiciary
- 4 Election issues and campaigns
- 5 Columnist
- 6 Judge Roy Moore is Coming to Dinner
- 7 Family life
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Early life[edit]
Education and military service[edit]
Moore was born in Gadsden, the seat of Etowah County, to Roy Baxter Moore (died 1967) and the former Evelyn Stewart. The couple had met and married after his discharge from the United States Army during World War II. Roy was the oldest of five children, three boys and two girls, born to the couple. Moore describes his father, a construction worker, as "a hardworking man who earned barely enough to make ends meet, but he taught me more than money could ever buy. From him I learned about honesty, integrity, perseverance, and never to be ashamed of who you are or what you believe in. Early on my dad shared with me the truth about God's love and the sacrifice of His own Son, Jesus." Moore described his mother as a "homemaker who was always there to help me with my schoolwork, to care for me when I was sick, and to encourage me to do the best I could."[1]
In 1954, the Moores relocated to Houston, Texas, site of a postwar building boom. After some four years, they returned to Alabama, then moved to Pennsylvania, and returned permanently to Alabama. In his later years, the senior Moore worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority building dams and later the Anniston Army Depot. Moore attended school his freshman year at Gallant near Gadsden but transferred to Etowah County High School for his final three years of public education, graduating in 1965.[1]
On the recommendation of outgoing Democratic U.S. Representative Albert Rains, after confirmation by incoming Republican Representative James D. Martin of Gadsden, Moore was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree. With the Vietnam War underway, Moore first served in several posts as a military police officer, including Fort Benning, Georgia, and Illesheim, Germany before being sent to South Vietnam. Serving as company commander of his MP unit, Moore was known to be very strict. Some of the soldiers gave him the derogatory nickname, "Captain America," because of his attitude toward discipline. His role earned him several enemies, and in his autobiography he recalls sleeping on sandbags to avoid a grenade or bomb being tossed under his cot, as many had threatened fragging the commander.
Moore left the United States Army as a captain in 1974, and was admitted to the University of Alabama School of Law that same year. He graduated in 1977 with a Juris Doctor degree and returned to Gadsden to begin private practice with a focus on personal injury and insurance cases.
Elections and travels[edit]
Moore soon moved to the district attorney's office, working as the first full-time prosecutor in Etowah County. During his tenure there, Moore was investigated by the state bar for "suspect conduct" after convening a grand jury to discuss what he perceived to have been funding shortages in the sheriff's office. Several weeks after the state bar investigation was dismissed as unfounded, Moore quit his prosecuting position to run as a Democrat for the county's circuit-court judge seat in 1982. The election was bitter, with Moore alleging that cases were being delayed in exchange for payoffs. The allegations were never substantiated, and Moore overwhelmingly lost the Democratic runoff primary to fellow attorney Donald Stewart, whom Moore described as "an honorable man for whom I have much respect, and he eventually became a close friend."[1] A second bar complaint against Moore followed, and though this too was dismissed as unfounded, Moore left Gadsden shortly thereafter in great disappointment.
Moore's travels eventually took him to Texas, where he spent a year training and fighting professionally as a kickboxer. After a brief return to Gadsden, Moore next travelled to the Australian Outback and, after meeting fundamentalist Christian Colin Rolfe, worked for almost a year as a cowboy on Rolfe's 42,000-acre (170 km2) cattle ranch. He remembered both careers fondly in his autobiography and subsequent interviews and was particularly proud of a kickboxing victory in the Greater Gadsden Tournament of Champions, a triumph he attributed to divine will.
Moore returned to Gadsden again in 1985. He ran in 1986 for Etowah County's district attorney position against fellow Democrat Jimmy Hedgspeth. He lost that election as well, and Moore returned to private practice in the city. During this period, he married his wife Kayla, switched his affiliation to the GOP, and added to his office a wooden Ten Commandments plaque that he had personally carved in 1980.
Circuit Judge[edit]
In 1992, Etowah County Circuit Judge Julius Swann died in office. Republican Governor H. Guy Hunt was charged with making a temporary appointment until the next election. Moore's name was floated by some of his associates, and a background check was initiated with several state and county agencies, including the Etowah County district attorney's office. Moore's former political opponent Jimmy Hedgspeth, who still helmed the D.A.'s office, recommended Moore despite personal reservations, and Moore was installed in the position he had failed to win in 1982. "The impossible had happened!" Moore wrote afterward. "God had given me something that I had not been able to obtain through my own efforts."[16] Judge Moore ran as a Republican in the 1994 Etowah County election and was elected to the circuit judge seat (6 year term) with 62% of the vote. He was the first county-wide Republican to win since the Reconstruction.
Early prayer/Ten Commandments controversy[edit]
When Moore's tenure as circuit judge began, he brought his wooden Ten Commandments plaque with him, hanging it on the walls of his courtroom behind his bench. Moore told the Montgomery Advertiser that his intention in hanging the plaque was to fill up the bare space on the courtroom walls and to indicate the importance of the Ten Commandments. He states that it was not his intention to generate controversy; still, as he told the Atlantic, he understood that the potential for controversy was there, but "I wanted to establish the moral foundation of our law."
Soon after his appointment, when Moore presided over a case where two male strippers (known professionally as "Silk" and "Satin") were charged with murdering a drug addict, the attorney for the defendants objected to the display. This drew the attention of critics, who also objected to Moore's practice of opening court sessions with a prayer beseeching Divine Guidance for jurors in their deliberations. In at least one instance, Moore asked a clergyman to lead the court's jury pool in prayer. Though such pre-session prayers were not uncommon in Alabama, having begun many years earlier by George C. Wallace, Jr. when he was a circuit judge, the local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter in June 1993 with the threat of a lawsuit if such prayers did not cease.
On June 20, 1994, the ACLU sent a representative to Moore's courtroom to observe and record the pre-session prayer. Though the organization did not immediately file suit, Moore decried the action as an "act of intimidation" in a post-trial press conference. The incident drew additional attention to Moore just as he was campaigning to hold onto his circuit court seat. In that year's election, Moore won the seat in a landslide victory over local attorney Keith Pitts, who had unsuccessfully prosecuted the "Silk and Satin" murder case.
In March 1995, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Moore, stating that the pre-session prayers and the Ten Commandments display were both unconstitutional. This original lawsuit was eventually dismissed for technical reasons, but Governor Fob James instructed state Attorney General Bill Pryor to file suit in Montgomery County in support of Moore. The case ended up before state Circuit Judge Charles Price, who in 1996 declared the prayers unconstitutional but initially allowed the Ten Commandments plaque to remain on the courtroom walls.
Immediately after the ruling, Moore held a press conference vowing to defy the ruling against pre-session prayers and affirming a religious intent in displaying the plaque. Critics responded by asking Price to reconsider his previous ruling, and the judge issued a new ruling requiring the Ten Commandments plaque to be removed in ten days. Moore appealed Price's decision and kept the plaque up; ten days later the Alabama Supreme Court issued a temporary stay against the ruling. The Court never ruled in the case, throwing it out for technical reasons in 1998.
On the day that the circuit court ruling was stayed, Moore appeared on the national morning program Today, praising the ruling and vowing to continue his practices. A poll released soon after found that 88 percent of Alabamians supported Moore. Though Moore was later investigated by the state Judicial Ethics Committee regarding the use of money raised by Coral Ridge Ministries in his defense, the investigation eventually ended with no charges being brought.
Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court[edit]
Campaign and election[edit]
In late 1999, the Christian Family Association began working to draft Moore into the race for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, when incumbent Republican Perry O. Hooper, Sr., of Montgomery announced that he would not seek reelection. Moore said that he was hesitant to make the statewide race because he had "absolutely no funds" and three other candidates, particularly Associate Justice Harold See, were well-financed.[1]
Nevertheless, on December 7, 1999, Moore announced from his Etowah County courtroom that he would enter the race with hope of returning "God to our public life and restore the moral foundation of our law." His campaign, centered on religious issues, arguing that Christianity's declining influence "corresponded directly with school violence, homosexuality, and crime."[16]
Associate Justice Harold See was the heavy favorite to win the Republican nomination because of his support from the state business community and the party hierarchy, including Chief Justice Hooper. However, as Moore made headway in state polls, See elicited the help of Republican strategist Karl Rove, advisor to Texas Governor and future President George W. Bush. Despite Rove's support and significantly more campaign funding, See lost the primary to Moore. Judge Moore also beat two other opponents, Criminal Appeals Judge Pam Baschab, and Jefferson County Presiding Circuit Judge Wayne Thorn, in the Republican Primary--without a runoff--garnering over 50% of the statewide primary vote. Judge Moore then easily defeated Democratic contender Sharon Yates in November's general election with over 60% of the vote. Judge Moore won his election to Chief Justice with just over $200,000, compared to the over $2 million spent by his opponents.
Moore was sworn in as Chief Justice on January 15, 2001. Republican former U.S. Representative James D. Martin, who had appointed Moore to West Point years earlier, was among the dignitaries in attendance. On taking the position, Moore said that he had "come to realize the real meaning of the First Amendment and its relationship to the God on whom the oath was based. My mind had been opened to the spiritual war occurring in our state and our nation that was slowly removing the knowledge of that relationship between God and law.
I pledged to support not only the U.S. Constitution, but the Alabama Constitution as well, which provided in its preamble that the state 'established justice' by 'invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God.' The connection between God and our law could not be more clear ...[1]
Case of D.H. vs. H.H.[edit]
In February 2002, as Alabama Chief Justice, Moore issued a controversial opinion that expressed his belief that the State should use its powers to punish "homosexual behavior". The case, D.H. vs. H.H., was a custody dispute where a lesbian was petitioning for custody of her children, alleging abuse by her ex-husband. A circuit court in Alabama had ruled in favor of the father, but the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned that verdict 4–1, saying that substantial evidence existed of abusive behavior by the father.[17]
The state Supreme Court overruled the appeals court because the appeals court ignored evidence disputing abusive behavior by the father; however, Moore issued a concurring opinion concluding that a parent's sexual orientation (in this case, homosexuality) should be a deciding factor in refusing custody:
To disfavor practicing homosexuals in custody matters is not invidious discrimination, nor is it legislating personal morality. On the contrary, disfavoring practicing homosexuals in custody matters promotes the general welfare of the people of our State in accordance with our law, which is the duty of its public servants...
The State carries the power of the sword, that is, the power to prohibit conduct with physical penalties, such as confinement and even execution. It must use that power to prevent the subversion of children toward this lifestyle, to not encourage a criminal lifestyle...
Homosexual behavior is a ground for divorce, an act of sexual misconduct punishable as a crime in Alabama, a crime against nature, an inherent evil, and an act so heinous that it defies one's ability to describe it. That is enough under the law to allow a court to consider such activity harmful to a child. To declare that homosexuality is harmful is not to make new law but to reaffirm the old; to say that it is not harmful is to experiment with people's lives, particularly the lives of children.[18]
Moore's comments led to protests in front of the state judicial building and drew nationwide criticism from civil rights groups such as GLAAD, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the Human Rights Campaign. An official complaint with the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission was also filed by the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.[19] A year following the case, the United States Supreme Court struck down statutes such as and including the one Moore referred to (prohibiting same-gender sexual relations) as being unconstitutional in the landmark civil rights case Lawrence v. Texas.
Ten Commandments monument controversy[edit]
Construction and installation[edit]
A month after his election, Moore began making plans for a larger monument to the Ten Commandments, reasoning that the Alabama Supreme Court building required something grander than a wooden plaque. His final design involved a 5,280 pound (2,400 kg) granite block, three feet wide by three feet deep by four feet tall, covered with quotes from the Declaration of Independence, the national anthem, and various founding fathers.[20] The crowning element would be two large carved tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. High-grade granite from Vermont was ordered and shipped, and Moore found benefactors and a sculptor to complete the job.
On the evening of July 31, 2001, despite some initial installation difficulties and concerns regarding structural support for the monument's weight, Moore had the completed monument transported to the state judicial building and installed in the central rotunda. The installation was filmed, and videotapes of the event were sold by Coral Ridge Ministries, an evangelical media outlet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which later used proceeds from the sales of the film to underwrite Moore's ensuing legal expenses. Coral Ridge was the operation of the late Reverend D. James Kennedy, a staunch Moore supporter.[21]
The next morning, Moore held a press conference in the central rotunda to officially unveil the monument. In a speech following the unveiling, Moore declared, "Today a cry has gone out across our land for the acknowledgment of that God upon whom this nation and our laws were founded. ... May this day mark the restoration of the moral foundation of law to our people and the return to the knowledge of God in our land."
Federal lawsuit[edit]
On October 30, 2001, the ACLU of Alabama, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Southern Poverty Law Center were among groups which filed suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, asking that the monument be removed because it "sends a message to all who enter the State Judicial Building that the government encourages and endorses the practice of religion in general and Judeo-Christianity in particular."
The trial, titled Glassroth v. Moore, began on October 15, 2002. Evidence for the plaintiffs included testimony that lawyers of different religious beliefs had changed their work practices, including routinely avoiding visiting the court building to avoid passing by the monument, and testimony that the monument created a religious atmosphere, with many people using the area for prayer.
Moore argued that he would not remove the monument, as doing so would violate his oath of office:
[The monument] serves to remind the Appellate Courts and judges of the Circuit and District Court of this State and members of the bar who appear before them, as well as the people of Alabama who visit the Alabama Judicial Building, of the truth stated in the Preamble to the Alabama Constitution that in order to establish justice we must invoke 'the favor and guidance of almighty God.'[20]
On this note, Moore said that the Ten Commandments are the "moral foundation" of U.S. law, stating that in order to restore this foundation, "we must first recognize the source from which all morality springs...[by] recogniz[ing] the sovereignty of God." He added that the addition of the monument to the state judiciary building marked "the beginning of the restoration of the moral foundation of law to our people" and "a return to the knowledge of God in our land."[20]
Additionally, Moore acknowledged an explicit religious intent in placing the monument, agreeing that the monument "reflects the sovereignty of God over the affairs of men" and "acknowledge[s] God's overruling power over the affairs of men."[22] However, in Moore's view this did not violate the doctrine of separation of church and state; as the presiding judge later summarized it, Moore argued that "the Judeo-Christian God reigned over both the church and the state in this country, and that both owed allegiance to that God", although they must keep their affairs separate.[20]
Judgment and appeal[edit]
On November 18, 2002, federal U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued his ruling declaring that the monument violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and was thus unconstitutional:
If all Chief Justice Moore had done were to emphasize the Ten Commandments' historical and educational importance... or their importance as a model code for good citizenship... this court would have a much different case before it. But the Chief Justice did not limit himself to this; he went far, far beyond. He installed a two-and-a-half ton monument in the most prominent place in a government building, managed with dollars from all state taxpayers, with the specific purpose and effect of establishing a permanent recognition of the 'sovereignty of God,' the Judeo-Christian God, over all citizens in this country, regardless of each taxpaying citizen's individual personal beliefs or lack thereof. To this, the Establishment Clause says no."[20]
Judge Thompson's decision mandated that Moore remove the monument from the state judicial building by January 3, 2003, but stayed this order on December 23, 2002, after Moore appealed the decision to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. This appeal was argued on June 4, 2003, before a three-judge panel in Atlanta, Georgia. On July 1, 2003, the panel issued a ruling upholding the lower court's decision, agreeing that "the monument fails two of Lemon's three prongs. It violates the Establishment Clause." Additionally, the court noted that different religious traditions assign different wordings of the Ten Commandments, meaning that "choosing which version of the Ten Commandments to display can have religious endorsement implications."[22]
In response to the appeals court's decision, Judge Thompson lifted his earlier stay on August 5, 2003, requiring Moore to have the monument removed from public areas of the state judicial building by August 20.[23]
Protests and monument removal[edit]
On August 14, Moore announced his intention to disobey Judge Thompson's order to have the monument removed. Two days later, large rallies in support of Moore and the Ten Commandments monument began forming in front of the judicial building, featuring speakers such as Alan Keyes, the Reverend Jerry Falwell, and Moore himself. The crowd peaked at an estimated count of 4,000 that day,[24] and anywhere from several hundred to over a thousand protesters remained through the end of August.
The time limit for removal expired on August 20, with the monument still in place in the building's rotunda. As specified in Judge Thompson's order, the state of Alabama faced fines of $5,000 a day until the monument was removed. In response, the eight other members of the Alabama Supreme Court intervened on August 21, unanimously overruled Moore, and ordered the removal of the monument.[25]
Moore said that Thompson, "fearing that I would not obey his order, decided to threaten other state officials and force them to remove the monument if I did not do so. A threat of heavy fines was his way of coercing obedience to that order," an action that Moore sees as a violation of the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]
On August 27, the monument was moved to a non-public side room in the judicial building.[26] The monument was not immediately removed from the building for several reasons—pending legal hearings, the monument's weight, worries that the monument could break through the floor if it was taken outside intact, and a desire to avoid confrontation with protesters massed outside the structure. The monument was not actually removed from the state judicial building until July 19, 2004.[27]
Removal from office[edit]
On August 22, 2003, two days after the deadline for the Ten Commandments monument's removal had passed, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) filed a complaint with the Alabama Court of the Judiciary (COJ), a panel of judges, lawyers and others appointed variously by judges, legal leaders, the governor and the lieutenant governor. The complaint effectively suspended Moore from the Chief Justice position pending a hearing by the COJ.[28]
The COJ ethics hearing was held on November 12, 2003. Moore repeated his earlier sentiment that "to acknowledge God cannot be a violation of the Canons of Ethics. Without God there can be no ethics." He also acknowledged that he would repeat his defiance of the court order if given another opportunity to do so, and that if he returned to office, "I certainly wouldn't leave [the monument] in a closet, shrouded from the public." In closing arguments, the Assistant Attorney General said Moore's defiance, left unchecked, "undercuts the entire workings of the judicial system.... What message does that send to the public, to other litigants? The message it sends is: If you don't like a court order, you don't have to follow it."[29] Moore had previously stated his belief that the order was unlawful, and that compliance with such an order was not an enforceable mandate.
The next day, the COJ issued a unanimous opinion ruling that "Chief Justice Moore has violated the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics as alleged by the JIC in its complaint." The COJ had several disciplinary options, including censure or suspension without pay, but because Moore's responses had indicated he would defy any similar court orders in the future, the COJ concluded that "under these circumstances, there is no penalty short of removal from office that would resolve this issue."[30] Moore was immediately removed from his post.
Moore appealed the COJ's ruling to the Supreme Court of Alabama on December 10, 2003. A special panel of retired judges and justices was randomly selected to hear the case. Moore argued that the COJ did not consider the underlying legality of the federal courts' order that the monument be removed from the courthouse. The Alabama Supreme Court rejected this argument, saying that the COJ did not have the authority to overrule the federal courts, only to determine whether Moore violated the Canons of Judicial Ethics. Therefore, the Court reasoned, it was enough to show that a procedurally-valid order was in place against Moore. Moore also argued that the COJ had imposed a religious test on him to hold his office, and that the COJ's actions had violated his own rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.[31]
The Supreme Court of Alabama rejected each of these arguments as well, and ruled on April 30, 2004 that the COJ had acted properly. The court also upheld the sanction of removal as appropriate.[31]
Return to the bench[edit]
In 2011, Moore initially considered a bid for the Presidency, but instead Moore chose to enter the race for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court once again. He ran in the March 12, 2012 Republican Primary against two candidates. They were the sitting chief justice, Chuck Malone, who had been appointed to the office seven months earlier and former Democratic Attorney General Charles Graddick, who had become a Republican in 1994. Moore unexpectedly defeated both without a runoff (as he had done in 2000) despite being heavily outspent ($225,000 to $1.5 million).
Surprised Democrats had expected Chief Justice Malone to win and did not run a serious candidate and only had a perennial gadfly nominee. Democrats quickly disqualified him and hand-picked Jefferson County Circuit Judge Bob Vance as his replacement.
On November 6, 2012, Moore defeated Vance (who had outspent him). Vance raised and spent $1.8 million compared to Chief Justice Moore's $275,000 during the General Election. [32][33] with 53% of the vote, a poor showing for a Republican in a state where there were no statewide elected Democrats.[34]
In January 2012, the Montgomery Advertiser reported that the single-biggest donor to his campaign (having contributed $50,000 of the total $78,000 received by Moore until December 31, 2011) is Michael Peroutka, a longtime acquaintance of Moore's who is associated with organizations such as the Constitution Party and the League of the South and is a frequent guest on The Political Cesspool. In response, Moore said he did not share the ideas of those organizations.[35]
This was the second time that Moore had beat out his opponents in the Republican Primary without a runoff, along with Democratic challengers in the General Election, all of whom were significantly more funded.
Same-sex marriage[edit]
On January 28, 2015, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a judicial ethics complaint against Moore, stating that he had publicly commented on pending same-sex marriage cases and encouraged state officials and judges to ignore federal court rulings overturning bans on same-sex marriage.[36][37]
Moore issued an order to probate judges and their employees on February 8, the day before a federal court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Alabama was set to take effect, ordering them to disregard the ruling and enforce the state's ban under threat of legal action by the governor.[38] On February 9, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the federal court ruling to take effect, probate judges in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Huntsville disobeyed Moore and issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples.[39]
On January 6, 2016, after the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges the previous June, Moore issued an administrative order to lower court judges stating that, "Until further decision by the Alabama Supreme Court, the existing orders of the Alabama Supreme Court that Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment or the Alabama Marriage Protection Act remain in full force and effect."[40]
2016 Charges in Alabama Court of the Judiciary[edit]
On May 6, 2016, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission forwarded a list of six charges of ethical violations by Moore to the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.[41] Moore was suspended from the Alabama Supreme Court pending trial and ruling. Moore faces removal from office over the charges, which are more serious than those which removed him from office in 2003.[10][42]
The list of charges includes:[43]
- Violation of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics, for disregarding a federal injunction.
- Violation of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics, for demonstrated unwillingness to follow clear law.
- Violation of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics, for abuse of administrative authority.
- Violation of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics, for substituting his judgement for the judgement of the entire Alabama Supreme Court, including failure to abstain from public comment about a pending proceeding in his own court.
- Violation of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics, for interference with legal process and remedies in the United States District Court and/or Alabama Supreme Court related to proceedings in which Alabama probate judges were involved.
- Violation of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics, for failure to recuse himself from pending proceedings in the Alabama Supreme Court after making public comment and placing his impartiality into question.
Moore vs. Judicial Inquiry Commission (US District Court)[edit]
On May 27, Moore filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, alleging that his automatic suspension was unconstitutional.[44][45] On August 4, the federal district court dismissed Moore's suit, ruling that under the abstention doctrine, federal courts generally do not interfere with ongoing state court proceedings.[46][47]
JIC vs. Moore (Court of the Judiciary)[edit]
On June 22, Moore filed a motion to dismiss the JIC proceedings arguing, among other things, that the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Alabama Court of the Judiciary did not have jurisdiction over review of Administrative Orders of the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and that the JIC had failed to adhere to its own rules regarding confidentiality of the proceedings. Moore also continued to assert in his motion to dismiss that the orders of the Alabama Supreme Court were still in effect from the Alabama Policy Institute proceedings prohibiting the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses by probate judges in Alabama, despite the rulings in Obergefell v. Hodges issued by the US Supreme Court, Searcy v. Strange, Strawser v. Strange, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals which held that the orders were "abrogated" by Obergefell.[41][48][49][50][51]
The Human Rights Campaign responded "It is clear that Roy Moore not only believes he is above the law, he believes he is above judicial ethics. ... Moore was tasked with upholding the law of the land when marriage equality was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and he defied that task, in the process harming loving, committed same-sex couples across Alabama for his own personal, discriminatory reasons. We remain optimistic that the sanctions against Moore will be upheld".[52]
On June 27, the Court of the Judiciary issued on order setting a hearing date on Moore's Motion to Dismiss for August 8, and stated in their order that Moore's Motion to Dismiss would be treated as a Motion for Summary judgment pertaining to the charges filed by the JIC.[53][54]
On July 15, the Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a response to Roy Moore's motion to dismiss asking the Court of the Judiciary to issue summary judgment removing Moore from the bench. Attorneys for the JIC wrote in their response "Because the chief justice has proven—and promised—that he will not change his behavior, he has left this Court with no choice but to remove him from office to preserve the integrity, independence, impartiality of Alabama's judiciary and the citizens who depend on it for justice".[55][56][57][58]
On July 22, Alabama Court of the Judiciary member John V. Denson II recused himself from the proceedings, citing his prior involvement in the 2003 JIC case which removed Justice Roy Moore from the bench over the Ten Commandments Monument Controversy. Denson stated his reason for recusing himself was "to promote public confidence in the court and avoid the appearance of impropriety".[59][60][61] On July 23, Chief Judge Michael Joiner of the Alabama Court of the Judiciary issued an order appointing Attorney W. N. "Rocky" Watson to replace John Denson on the Alabama Court of the Judiciary during the Moore case.[62]
On July 26, attorneys for Liberty Counsel, who represent Roy Moore in the JIC proceedings, filed a reply to the JIC Motion for Summary Judgment denying that Chief Justice Roy Moore had directed Alabama's Probate Judges to disobey an injunction issued by the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Moore's attorneys continued to assert that the orders of the Alabama Supreme Court, which required Alabama's probate judges to deny same sex couples marriage licenses, were still in effect, and that Moore's January 6 Administrative Order was mischaracterized by the JIC, despite the fact that Moore stated in his January 6 order, "... Until further decision by the Alabama Supreme Court, the existing orders of the Alabama Supreme Court that Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment or the Alabama Marriage Protection Act remain in full force and effect." [63][64] [65][66]
On August 8, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary held a hearing on Moore's Motion to Dismiss and the JIC Motion for Summary Judgment related to the charges pending against Chief Justice Moore. Moore's attorneys continued to assert in their arguments that Justice Moore did not order probate judges to disobey an injunction issued by the US District Court, or to disobey the U.S. Supreme Court rulings regarding same-sex marriage. John Carroll, who represented the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, responded that this defense argument "defies common sense" based upon Justice Moore's actions. Carroll argued that Moore was removed from office in 2003 for defying a federal court order and said Moore is again defying federal courts and their rulings supporting same-sex marriage, and should be immediately removed from office.[67][68] The Alabama Court of the Judiciary subsequently denied both Justice Moore's motion for dismissal and the JIC motion for summary judgment and ordered the matter set for a trial scheduled for September 28, 2016 at 9:00 am in the Alabama Supreme Courtroom.[69]
On September 30, 2016, Moore was found guilty of all six charges against him and suspended for the remainder of his term, slated to end in 2019.[11] In its 50-page order, the Court of the Judiciary stated it did not find credible Moore's claim that the purpose for the Jan. 6 order was "merely to provide a 'status update' to the state's probate judges."[11] He will not be paid for the remainder of his term, must pay court costs and the ruling effectively ends Moore's Supreme Court career, as he will not be eligible for reelection in 2018.[12][70][71]
JIC vs. Moore Appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court[edit]
On October 3, 2016, Moore filed a Notice of Appeal with the Court of the Judiciary appealing his suspension and the final judgment to the Alabama Supreme Court, contending that neither the JIC nor the COJ had jurisdiction to investigate and punish Chief Justice Moore for issuing his Administrative Order of January 6, 2016. Moore contended that the JIC failed to prove any of its six charges with clear and convincing evidence, that the JIC violated its own rules and Alabama law by breaching confidentiality during its investigation, and that it prosecuted a charge (charge number 6) that was never included in a sworn complaint. Moore also contended that, by "suspending him" without pay for the remainder of his term, the COJ essentially removed him from office without unanimous agreement by the entire the COJ, as required under Alabama law.[72][73][74][75] Pending the appeal, Moore refused to clean out his office.[76]
On October 27, the Alabama Supreme Court randomly selected seven retired judges to review the appeal of Moore's suspension.[77][78][79] On October 31, 2016, Robert Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, issued an executive order confirming the appointment of the seven retired justices to hear Moore's appeal from the decision of the COJ that suspended him from the bench for the remainder of his term.[80]
On December 13, Moore filed his appeal brief with the special Alabama Supreme Court that had been appointed to hear his appeal. He argued, among other things, that the COJ did not have jurisdiction or authority to review administrative orders of the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and that the JIC had failed to prove by convincing evidence that he violated the Canons of Judicial Conduct. Moore also argued that his suspension from the bench for the remainder of his term was de facto removal from office, which required unanimous agreement of the members of the COJ, and therefore was improper under Alabama law.[81][82][83][84][85]
On December 14, eight current and retired Alabama Justices filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Moore, asserting in their filings that Moore's suspension was, in fact, a removal from office and contrary to Alabama law since it required unanimous agreement of the COJ, despite the fact the COJ did unanimously agree in their final judgment to suspend Moore for the remainder of his term.[86][87]
On February 22, 2017, Moore filed a motion with the special Alabama Supreme Court, asking that it dispose of the appeal based on the merits contained in the parties' briefs and cancel oral argument set for April of 2017. Moore's motion claimed he was suffering financially from the continued proceedings and the lengthy wait for scheduled oral arguments, as he was no longer being paid.[88]
On March 6, the special Alabama Supreme Court hearing Justice Roy Moore's appeal granted his motion to cancel oral arguments originally scheduled for April and stated they would rule on the case based on the written briefs and motions submitted by the parties to the action. [89] The order was signed by James Harvey Reid, Jr., Special Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice. Special Justices Harris Edward McFerrin, Robert George Cahill, William Reddoch King, Lynn Clardy Bright, Ralph Alton Ferguson, Jr., and John David Coggin entered a concurring opinion granting the motion to cancel oral arguments in April.[90][91]
On April 20, the special Alabama Supreme Court upheld Moore's suspension.[92] In its opinion, the special Alabama Supreme Court ruled that all of the Judicial Inquiry Commission charges against Moore were supported by clear and convincing evidence. Moore had argued that it required unanimous agreement of all the members of the JIC to remove a judge from the bench, but the special Alabama Supreme Court ruled that it did not have authority to rescind the sanctions imposed on Moore because the charges were amply supported by clear and convincing evidence, and that the JIC was unanimous in their decision to suspend Moore for the remainder of his term.[93]
On April 26, 2017 Roy Moore resigned from the Alabama Supreme Court and announced he would be running for the United States Senate. [13][14][15]
Election issues and campaigns[edit]
Moore was considered as a possible candidate for the Constitution Party in the 2004 presidential election. Despite encouragement from several corners, Moore did not pursue the nomination.[5]
Moore was also a notable opponent of a proposed amendment to the Alabama constitution in 2004. Known as Amendment 2, the proposed legislation would have removed wording from the state constitution that referred to poll taxes and required separate schools for "white and colored children," a practice already outlawed due to civil rights-era legislation during the Civil Rights Movement. Moore and other opponents of the measure argued that the amendment's wording would have allowed federal judges to force the state to fund public school improvements with increased taxes. Voters in Alabama narrowly defeated the proposed amendment, with a margin of 1,850 votes out of 1.38 million cast.[94]
In 2004, along with Herb Titus, Moore was an original drafter of the Constitution Restoration Act[95] which sought to remove federal courts' jurisdiction over a government official or entity's "acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government," and provided for the impeachment of judges who failed to do so. The bill was introduced in both houses of Congress in 2004 and then reintroduced in 2005, but languished in committee both times.
On October 3, 2005, Moore announced that he would run against Governor Riley in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary in Alabama. On the campaign trail, Moore referred to what he believed was the stand that the American founding fathers made for the biblical basis for law, including statements that he felt extolled the supremacy of God as the basis for successful government.
As with the 2000 Supreme Court election, Moore's opponent maintained steady advantages over the Moore campaign, including almost four times as much funding and the support of the state Republican establishment. However, intra-party politics proved trickier this time around. Moore accused the chair of the state's Republican Party of bias towards Riley and called on her to resign; he also criticized President Bush for his support of Riley in the race. His criticism of the state Republican machine was so harsh that he eventually had to call a press conference to quell rumors that he would run as an independent if he lost the Republican primary.[96]
Despite Moore's predictions that his initial low polling numbers were inaccurate, Riley won the primary, 306,665 (66.6 percent) to 153,354 (33.34 percent). In his concession speech, Moore told supporters that "God's will has been done." Moore did not call Riley to concede and refused to support Riley in the general election because of Riley's acceptance of campaign contributions from political action committees.[96] Despite losing the Republican primary Moore was endorsed as a write-in candidate in the general election by the Alabama Constitution Party.
On June 1, 2009, Moore announced his campaign for the 2010 election for Governor of Alabama.[2] On April 17, 2010, former NASCAR driver Bobby Allison endorsed Moore for governor.[97][98] In the June 1, 2010 Republican primary election, Moore came in fourth place behind Bradley Byrne, Robert J. Bentley, and Tim James (son of former Governor Fob James). Moore garnered 19 percent of the vote, behind Tim James with 25.11 percent, Robert Bentley with 25.15 percent, and Bradley Byrne with 27.89 percent.
In a speech in Mississippi, Moore said that the Framers of the Declaration of Independence and the Founding Fathers attributed our rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" as coming from a specific "Creator" God, stating "Buddha didn't create us, Mohammed didn't create us, it was the God of the Holy Scriptures."[99] When he was accused of implying the First Amendment only protected Christians, he rejected that and stated his belief that the First Amendment protects all faiths: "It applies to the rights God gave us to be free in our modes of thinking, and as far as religious liberty to all people, regardless of what they believe."[100]
On May 6, 2016, Moore was again suspended by the state's Court of the Judiciary.[10] On September 30, 2016. Moore was found guilty of all six charges against him and was suspended for the remainder of his term, which ends in 2019.[11]
On April 26, 2017, Moore resigned from his judicial seat in order to run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated earlier by Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions and currently occupied by Luther Strange who was appointed to fill the vacancy and plans to run in the Special Election to be held in 2017.[101]
In 2006, Moore began writing weekly columns for WorldNetDaily.[102][103] In his debut column, Moore argued that God is the "sovereign source of our law", echoing his language and reasoning used in the failed Constitution Restoration Act.[104]
In a column dated December 13, 2006, Moore wrote that Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the first Muslim to have been elected to the United States House of Representatives in the 2006 election should be barred from sitting in Congress because in his view, a Muslim could not honestly take the oath of office. Moore said that the Qur'an did not allow for religions other than Islam to exist, and added that "common sense alone dictates that in the midst of a war with Islamic terrorists we should not place someone in a position of great power who shares their doctrine".[105] Moore was criticized for his position because it suggested he believes in a "Christians only theocracy."[106]
His last column appeared in July 2009.[107]
Judge Roy Moore is Coming to Dinner[edit]
Inspired by Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,[108] Tom Wofford's Judge Roy Moore is Coming to Dinner is a 2004 play about two gay men who decide to marry in California and return home to Alabama to tell their families. Laced throughout the performance are quotes from Moore's concurring opinion in D.H. vs. H.H., the 2002 child custody dispute mentioned above.[109] The original cast starred Brian Webber as Judge Roy Moore. Moore issued a statement condemning it as the "result of federal activism in our court system" and saying that same-sex marriage corrupts American society; he did not attend a viewing of the play.[109] The play was revived in 2012 at the Carver Theater in Birmingham.[108]
Family life[edit]
Moore's wife Kayla is the President of the Foundation for Moral Law, which Roy founded. His son Caleb works there as well, and was identified in 2012 tax returns as its Executive Director. Arrested for possession of Xanax and marijuana on March 15, 2015, Caleb paid a $900 fine and was granted pretrial diversion after promising to enter drug rehab, despite three prior drug convictions, and three Driving Under the Influence arrests since 2011, in Alabama and Florida. He "I must admit, the things people are saying about me on social media are for the most part true. I do have a past that I'm not proud of. Thank God for salvation and changing my life," he posted on Facebook. Blaming others after his arrest, Caleb wrote, "the media and crooked police officers and critics of my dad try to not only destroy his career for what he stands for but will go as far as trying to destroy his family."[110][111][112] On November 25, 2016, he was arrested for the eighth time in five years, for hunting over bait and hunting without permission of the property owner.[113]
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- ^ Keith, Leon Drouin (2002-03-28). "Lesbian mother in Alabama custody case mulls appeal". AP (via sodomylaws.org).
- ^ Ex parte H.H. (In re: D.H. v. H.H.), 2002.
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- ^ a b c d e Glassroth v. Moore (PDF) (M.D. Ala. 2002). Archived September 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
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the lifestyle [is] an 'intolerable evil,' 'detestable' and an 'abomination' that [needs] to be stopped
- ^ After a Crime, the Price of a Second Chance, New York Times, December 12, 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's son blames arrest for drug possession on media, New York Daily News, Nina Golgowski, March 18, 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Son of Chief Justice Roy Moore struggles in father's shadow: 7 arrests in 4 years, AL.com, Greg Garrison, March 18, 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Roy Moore's son arrested on misdemeanor charges, AL.com, November 28, 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
External links[edit]
- Judge Roy Moore for Senate, Campaign website.
- Foundation For Moral Law, legal organization chaired by Moore.
- Column archive at WorldNetDaily
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- The Ten Commandments Case – archive of Montgomery Advertiser stories related to Roy Moore.
- The rise and fall of Judge Roy Moore – from MSNBC.
- "Man of the Year: Roy Moore" – article by Ann Coulter in support of Moore.
- First Amendment only protects Christians
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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Mark Shurtleff was on a righteous roll the other day, reaming out the BCS, laying down a warning about what was coming straight at it, swatting away its lame responses.
"They have referred to me as a 'hayseed,' " the state's attorney general said. "'Some hayseed from Utah is going to sue us.' Well, you know what? Yeah because the law is on our side. And I believe it will be a growing effort when other states join in. And I really hope the [U.S. Department of Justice] will, too. And that will be the end of it."
For that matter, he still is on a roll.
If you're a college football fan, stand and applaud his vision and tenacity. He's attempting to right one of the biggest wrongs in all sports a wrong that's bigger than sports.
Answering question after question about the federal lawsuit he's bringing against the BCS during an interview on my radio show, Shurtleff was passionate about a cause he sees as not just counter to what college sports should be about, not just unfair to certain schools and student-athletes, not just competitively wrong, but flat-out illegal.
"We believe we can prove it's an illegal monopoly, a restraint of trade," he said. "It benefits the few at the expense of others."
As conference commissioners and athletic directors who run the BCS are gathering for meetings in New Orleans, Shurtleff pointed directly at them and other administrators, challenging them to junk a bad system filled with inequities that keep nonpreferred schools and their football programs at a financial and competitive disadvantage.
"The pressure should be on the NCAA," he said. "The college presidents, the athletic directors, the people who make up the NCAA read your own bylaws, your own constitution about fair competition, and then stand there and justify how you can do this. It's only because of the excess and largesse for those who are the automatic qualifiers."
Shurtleff used this past postseason as a prime example, underscoring that three two-loss teams from power leagues played in BCS games, and two teams from the SEC, the Big Ten and the Pac-10 played in those bowls, as those leagues "doubled their recovery" at the expense of the WAC and Boise State, which lost only once and was ranked 10th but ended up in the Las Vegas Bowl.
"Nonautomatic-qualifying conferences got squat," he said, marking the trickle-down effect, or lack thereof, as a school such as Utah State lost out on a million dollars money that went elsewhere because Boise State was shut out.
"Even though we had a good national championship game," Shurtleff said, "this past season is one of our greatest fact-based scenarios to show how unfair the system is. … It's a mess of a system. It's unfair, it's illegal and it's hurting taxpayer-funded institutions and, therefore, taxpayers, let alone what college football and sports are supposed to be about."
Shurtleff also responded to critics who say he should be focusing on more important issues rather than wasting taxpayers' money on taking down the BCS.
"It's got to be fixed," he said, noting that big business and hundreds of millions of dollars are part of the equation. "Who better to fix it than a law enforcement official if there's illegality going on?"
He added: "[BCS administrators] Bill Hancock and John Swofford, they'll keep throwing out that it's a waste of taxpayers' money. No. It's not going to use taxpayers' money. We're going to use antitrust money [that's available] to go after antitrust violators, which is what these guys are. And they've got to fix it. I'm done. I'm done with the excuses."
One excuse is that a playoff system is unworkable because of concerns about the student-athletes playing too many games during the empty stretch between the traditional end of the regular season and the week when the bigger bowls are played.
"Excuse me?" Shurtleff asks. "What about [smaller schools]? They do it. They handle it. These athletes can handle it. They can have a playoff. They do it in the NCAA in the lower levels. So it's an excuse. It doesn't make sense. It's incredible to me that they keep arguing that."
What was Shurtleff's response when he was told Hancock said that, if Shurtleff's suit is successful, the powers that be in college football will simply return to the old bowl format, in which supposed top teams wouldn't be matched in a championship game?
"The arrogance in that is just astounding to me."
He also is amazed sort of, given the power trips and self-interests involved that the BCS is hanging on to its system with such stubbornness.
"We kind of scratch our heads as to why there's so much kickback on this, when all the experts who look at it say, 'You'll make more money if you take away the BCS and open it up to a playoff system,' " he said. "And yet, they continue to resist it. … There's never going to be a change in it, unless, apparently, they're facing litigation, major damages, and the court orders them to do it differently."
Shurtleff said the problems plaguing the Fiesta Bowl could potentially help his cause, and some of those problems will pop up with other BCS bowls.
"I'm very confident," he said, "as soon as we do our discovery, you'll see that's not unique to the Fiesta Bowl."
He's also confident that attorneys general from other states will jump on board his cause as it gains momentum. Shurtleff made a presentation to some 40 of them in Washington, D.C., in March.
"It will grow," he said. "And once the DOJ gets involved, that's it."
That ought to be it. It is long overdue.
If Shurtleff makes this happen, if he brings down an unfair system, if he topples the BCS and leans the postseason toward a comprehensive playoff, the hayseed from Utah will have done college football, and all its fans, a huge service.
GORDON MONSON hosts "The Gordon Monson Show" weekdays from 2-6 p.m. on 104.7 FM/1280 AM The Zone. He can be reached at email@example.com. Fiesta's future could be known by end of May
The Fiesta Bowl's future as a part of the Bowl Championship Series could be decided before the end of May.
Officials for the troubled game and the BCS met Saturday at the Big Ten headquarters in Park Ridge, Ill.
Penn State President Graham Spanier, who is also the chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, says it will take "two to three weeks" to review what was learned at the meeting and discuss it with conference commissioners.
Last month, the Fiesta Bowl fired its president, John Junker, after a report commissioned by the Arizona-based game alleged misuse of funds. The BCS responded by creating a task force to review whether it wants to continue to do business with the bowl.
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Ferris presently holds a 6-4 overall record this campaign and is currently 2-1 in league action.
Junior midfielder Kristie Smilanich (Kalamazoo/Christian) presently has totaled a team-high 29 points and 13 goals this season. She had three individual goals in last Friday's (Sept. 22) 5-4 league home loss to Northern Michigan.
Senior goalkeeper Carla Gilbertson (Waunakee, Wis.) has tied Alana Dombrowski's school-record total of 312 career saves. Gilbertson's 31 career wins in net also represent the highest figure in school history.
Kristie Smilanich's 57 career points presently ranks fourth all-time among Ferris State's career leaders. Her 22 career goals to date currently ranks fourth and is two away from matching Lisa O'Brian and Lindsey Pawloski's second-place totals of 24 markers at FSU. Smilanich has 13 career assists to date, which ranks third in FSU history.
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Eight of Ferris' 10 outings this season have been decided by two goals or less. Five of FSU's last six contests this year were determined by a single goal with the Bulldogs claiming three of those wins.
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The Bulldogs have presently won six of their last eight overtime contests dating back to the 2004 campaign following Sunday's win over Findlay. FSU was 3-0-1 in extra period action during the 2004 season and posted a 2-1 mark in overtime contests last year. The Bulldogs, who suffered a 2-1 overtime loss at Hope last Wednesday (Sept. 20), are currently 1-1 in extra period action this campaign.
Neathan Gibson is serving this season as Ferris' interim head coach. Gibson, who has a wide array of various coaching and playing experience at the international level, will serve until the conclusion of the fall season when a nationwide search for a permanent replacement will begin.
Ferris State travels to Erie, Pa., for two league outings this weekend (Sept. 29 & Oct. 1). The Bulldogs will take on Gannon Friday, Sept. 29, in a 7 p.m. (EDT) tilt before squaring off against Mercyhurst Sunday, Oct. 1, with match time set for 1 p.m. (EDT).
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My passion is robotics and computer vision. However, since becoming a father 12 years ago, getting kids excited about robotics has also become one of my passions. I discovered Catroid while searching for a programming language for my youngest son, who will be turning 8 this fall, to use on his Nexus 7. It's amazing how quickly kids ramp-up to the concept of using graphic blocks to create something (he is also a big Minecraft fan). He has my passion for robotics, so it was not too long that he started asking about using Catroid to control his robot. After researching smartphone to servo or DC motor interfaces, I discovered there were not a lot of options available. Either the solution only worked with the latest smartphones, or the solution worked with Android only. In addition, all the solutions required custom software. There were no simple methods of interfacing hardware to both Android and iOS smartphones that were compatible with many application in the iTunes or Google Play markets.
This lead to the development of the EMGRobotics line of Audio Interface boards. I decided early on that these boards would plug into the headphone jack since they all have headphone jacks. In addition, I determined that the boards should be controllable by WAV files due to almost all of the smartphone programming applications support WAV file playback, including Catroid. All you need to do is simply download the WAV files from www.EMGRobotics.com and play them using Catroid sound blocks.
STEMbot1 - You can see more pictures in the Instructable here.
Playing back the WAV file sends a specific command to the A2SCB servo controller, sending both servos to the positions encoded in the WAV file. When using continuous rotation servos (see STEMbot1 instructable for more information) the servo internally converts the position command into a direction and speed command. Inserting a "wait" block after the "start sound" block controls how long the servo turns in the specified direction and speed.
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The "Start sound" block commands the continuous rotation servos on STEMbot1 to start a slow rotation that will result in the robot moving forward. The "Wait" block specifies how long the robot travels forward, in this case five seconds.
The screenshot above shows the turn portion of the program. The "Start sound" block is used to send the slowright.wav sound out the headphone jack to the A2SCB_ML. The A2SCB_ML converts the sound pattern into servo commands that will result in STEMbot1 turning. The "Wait" block determines how long STEMbot1 turns. The wait times are determined by trial and error.
When the code runs, the robot drives in a square pattern while displaying a picture of my son.
The above Catroid program is designed to run on the STEMbot1 robot. STEMbot1 is a simple two wheel robot that uses two RC servos as drive motors. The RC servos plug into an A2SCB_ML servo controller from www.EMGRobotics.com. The A2SCB_ML plugs into the headphone jack of the Android phone running Catroid. STEMbot1 can be built in less than an hour and requires no soldering. You can find the instructions for building STEMbot1 on the Instructables website here.
The above Catroid program is very simple and only demonstrates only a small portion of what Catroid can do. Catroid also supports some of the sensors available in modern smartphones including: the 3-axis accelerometer, the magnetic compass, and the gyroscope. My son and I are still learning how to use these in our Catroid programs.
You can install Catroid on your device by viewing this website on your Android phone and clicking here: catroid-0.7.3beta-1644-debug.apk
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Mumbai, Nov 23: A calm and composed Cheteshwar Pujara neutralised England's early advantage with a magnificent century on the opening day of the second Test here on Friday. India closed at 266/6 in 90 overs. Pujara was 114 not out and R Ashwin unbeaten on 60.
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Reeling at 119/5 at one stage, Pujara, first in the company of captain MS Dhoni and then R Ashwin, not only pulled India out of the woods but ensured that honours were even on an exciting day of Test cricket.
The 24-year-old Pujara had walked out to bat in the first over to face the third ball. And he was still going strong at the end of day, having played 279 balls and hit 10 fours. He and Ashwin have been together for an unbroken partnership of 97 runs for the seventh wicket. Ashwin completed his second Test fifty. He has hit nine boundaries in his 84-ball 60.
First, Monty Panesar (4/91) had put India in a spin on a pitch which started to take turn in the first two sessions. But in the final hours of play, the track seemed to have eased out and spinners did not get the same purchase as seen earlier.
It was a day which belonged to Pujara. Compiling his third Test hundred and second in as many matches, the right-hander showed how good a Test player he is. Pujara survived a dropped catch at slip by James Anderson on 60.
The way he handled pace in the first hour of play and the turning ball demonstrated his fine abilities of go a long way in this format.
After unbeaten scores of 206 and 41 in Ahmedabad, Pujara continued in same flow. In this series, in three visits to the crease, he has already batted for more than 15 hours and has in excess of 350 runs without being dismissed.
Tea Report: India 167/5
India were battling with their backs to the wall on a first day turning track against England. With half the side back in the pavilion, the hosts reached tea at 167/5 in 60 overs.
Pujara has shown loads of patience his his knock of 77 not out. He and captain MS Dhoni (27 not out) have started the rebuilding process and still have a lot to do in the final session of play. So far they have added 48 runs.
Between lunch and tea, India scored 80/2 in 32 overs.
In the post-lunch session, Virat Kohli was the first to go when he was snapped up by Nick Compton on the drive at cover off Monty Panesar. Soon Graeme Swann bowled Yuvraj Singh for a two-ball duck with a top delivery.
When the left-hander left the middle, India were reeling at 119/5 in 40 overs.
Lunch Report: India 87/3
England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar dismissed Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar in successive overs to leave India in trouble at 87/3in 28 overs at lunch. Pujara (38) and Kohli (6) are at the crease.
Panesar, who was not picked for the first Test in Ahmedabad, made huge impact in his first few overs. It was a superb delivery which got Tendulkar bowled for eight off 12 balls. The ball pitched on the middle and turned away to clip the offstump.
Tendulkar has now been bowled four times in his last five innings. He was castled thrice in as many innings against New Zealand.
Panesar could not hide his joy as he broke into huge celebrations after getting Tendulkar. Panesar's first Test wicket was also Tendulkar, LBW in Nagpur Test in 2006.
Both of Panesar's dismissals were bowled. Sehwag (30) tried to flick a ball on legstump only to miss it and to see the wickets disturbed. The ball brushed Sehwag's pad on way to hitting the stumps.
Before Panesar struck, James Anderson had given England success off the second ball of the match. Gautam Gambhir hit the first ball to the boundary but soon returned to the pavilion in the next, falling LBW.
Pujara was solid in his 86-ball stay so far for 38. Initially, there was good bounce for English paceman and Pujara handled the short balls well. He preferred to leave the bouncers. Kohli has six to his name from 26 deliveries with a boundary.
Toss Report: India opt to bat, Harbhajan included
India won the toss and elected to bat first against England in the second Test here at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
India have made one change to their line-up. They have brought in Harbhajan Singh for the injured Umesh Yadav. So India will be playing three spinners here.
At the start of play, conditions are humid. Initially, paceman could get some assistance with the moisture in the wicket.
The Wankhede pitch has a tinge of grass but as former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said it is just a "make-up" and will soon go away. The strip is expected to assist spinners.
Virender Sehwag is playing his 100th Test today. Harbhajan is in his 99th Test and his first since August 2011 against the same opposition at Nottingham.
England made two changes. Ian Bell and Tim Bresnan have been replaced by Jonny Bairstow and Monty Panesar. Bell has returned home for the birth of his first child.
Playing XIs
India: MS Dhoni (captain, wicketkeeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha.
England: Alastair Cook (captain), Nick Compton, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior (wicketkeeper), Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Monty Panesar.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Tony Hill (New Zealand)
Third umpire: S Ravi (India)
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)


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Clipping Dairy Goats The Right Way
Thirty-five percent of the total score given is awarded in General Appearance alone. Therefore, it is important to clip each goat to its own advantage.
We use a #10 blade on the body, neck, head and thighs, a #30 for legs and belly, and a #40*/#50 for udders. When you clip your goat, take care not to do to short of a cut without putting sunscreen on the animal. This can eventually give the goat skin cancer, takes away from that "good dairy skin" feel, and is unsightly.
For when you are blending two blade sizes together, try to do it gradually.
For trimming the tail, we use a #15 blade blending into the body, which has been cut with a #10 blade. When you reach the tip of the tail (right before it ends, that is), stop clipping. We then grab a pair of scissors and make sure that the switch at the end of the tail is even.
Fore udders should be trimmed with a #40 blade, but when you reach where the udder joins with the body start using a #30 blade.
For darker goats, you can cut a bit shorter, but light ones need a longer cut so that the skin doesn't show. Don't forget to trim ears, feet, and brisket!
Here is an example of a "perfectly clipped goat for it's body and color":
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