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Ethics Charges Filed Against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore

The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission says it has filed ethics charges against Moore, setting up a trial in the Alabama Court of the Judiciary. The SPLC filed the complaint after Moore instructed state court judges to defy a federal court order and enforce the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. They also say he commented on pending cases, among other allegations. Moore…

Co-founder of the SPLC Receives The King Center’s Highest Honor

Courtesy of SPLC Facebook The King Center will bestow its highest honor, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize to Mr. Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The ceremony will take place on the 48th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in the Yolanda D. King Theatre for the Performing Arts, at 449 Auburn…