An Alabama judge who belittled Gov. Kay Ivey over her age and gender and repeatedly cursed in court has been removed from duty and could be ousted from office, records show.
AP-AL–Supreme Court-Parker Settlement State to pay justice’s attorney fees in free-speech dispute MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama agency that investigates judicial ethics complaints has agreed to pay $100,000 in legal fees for lawyers representing Associate Justice Tom Parker in a free-speech dispute. Parker’s attorneys with the Florida-based Liberty Counsel on Thursday released details of an agreement between them and…
Suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore walked out of the state courthouse after the acting chief justice refused to halt the lottery to pick the judges that will hear his appeal. The names of 50 retired judges were drawn in a lottery Thursday as potential members of the special Supreme Court for Moore’s appeal. The first seven willing judges will hear…
A judicial ethics panel wants Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore swiftly removed from office for urging the state’s probate judges to defy the federal courts on gay marriage. Alabama’s Judicial Inquiry Commission wrote Friday that Moore’s unremorseful “flouting” of the rule of law merits the highest possible sanction it can levy against a sitting judge, which is immediate removal from…
