Chuck Baldwin
Comments During Roy Moore's "Trial"
Tue Nov 18 01:23:04 2003
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Bill Pryor's Shocking Comments During Roy Moore's "Trial"
By Chuck Baldwin
November 18, 2003
http://toogoodreports.com/column/general/baldwin/20031118.htm

Following up on my last column, it is extremely important that
every American citizen read the exchange between Alabama
Attorney General Bill Pryor and Alabama Supreme Court Chief
Justice Roy Moore during Moore's trial. Since The Court of the
Judiciary did not allow television cameras or recording devices in
the courtroom, it is up to people like me to get the word out to the
American people as to what Pryor said. The examination of Chief
Justice Moore by Bill Pryor is shocking, to say the least. Here is a
verbatim exchange between the two men taken from the official
court transcript:

Pryor: Mr. Chief Justice? And your understanding is that the
Federal court ordered that you could not acknowledge God; isn't
that right?

Moore: Yes.

Pryor: And if you resume your duties as Chief Justice after this
proceeding, you will continue to acknowledge God as you have
testified that you would today ---

Moore: That's right.

Pryor: ---no matter what any other official says?

Moore: Absolutely. Without --- let me clarify that. Without an
acknowledgment of God, I cannot do my duties. I must
acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It
says so in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
It says so in everything I have read. So ---

Pryor: The only point I am trying to clarify, Mr. Chief Justice, is
not why, but only that, in fact, if you do resume your duties as
Chief Justice, you will continue to do that without regard to what
any other official says; isn't that right?

Moore: Well, I'll do the same thing this Court did with starting of
prayer; that's an acknowledgement of God. Now, we did the same
say thing that justices do when they place their hand on the Bible
and say, "So help me God." It's an acknowledgement of God. The
Alabama Supreme Court opens with, "God save the State and this
Honorable Court." It's an acknowledgement of God. In my
opinions, which I have written many opinions, acknowledging God
is the source --- a moral source of our law. I think you must.

Does everyone understand what Bill Pryor was saying? He was
saying that in order for Chief Justice Moore to resume his duties,
he must not acknowledge God. The posting of the Ten
Commandments did not even come up. Roy Moore's "crime" was
acknowledging God. For this, he was removed from the bench.

To require that a public official not acknowledge God not only
violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but also
Article Six of the Constitution that says, "…no religious test shall
ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust
under the United States." To require Chief Justice Moore to not
acknowledge God certainly violates this constitutional obligation!

Therefore, federal judge Myron Thompson and Alabama Attorney
General Bill Pryor have plainly and deliberately violated Roy
Moore's constitutional rights under the First Amendment and
Article Six of the U.S. Constitution. For doing so, they should be
immediately removed from office, and Bill Pryor should be denied
appointment to the federal judiciary!

I understand that Ten Commandments rallies will be held at state
capitols around the country this Saturday, November 22, and that
petitions to Congress to bring the federal judiciary into account
will be circulated. I have been invited to speak at the rally in
Tallahassee, Florida. I invite you to meet me there! Furthermore, I
urge my readers to attend rallies in their respective states.

Bill Pryor, Myron Thompson and the federal judiciary are out-of-
control! They must be reigned in now! Congress has the authority
to limit and regulate the jurisdiction of the federal courts. It must
do so immediately. However, moving Congress to action is our job
--- yours and mine. We can make a difference, but we must act
now!

© Chuck Baldwin

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Searched news for Roy Moore.

LAW OF THE LAND
Roy Moore plans bill to curb federal courts
Ousted '10 Commandments judge' set to launch nationwide tour
Posted: November 17, 2003 - 7:43 p.m. Eastern
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35666

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Just days after he was stripped of his Alabama chief justice position, Roy Moore is proposing federal legislation to reassert the power he insists Congress already has to limit the jurisdiction of federal courts.

"Under the Constitution of the United States, federal courts had no jurisdiction over the acknowledgment of God by the individual states," Moore said in a statement released today. "In recent years, federal judges have usurped state power with regard to the acknowledgment of God."

Alabama's nine-member Court of the Judiciary removed Moore Thursday for defiance of a federal judge's order to move his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse.

After the ruling, Moore said the case is "about whether or not we can acknowledge God as the source of our law and our liberty. That's all I've done. I've been found guilty."

Moore and his attorneys have not decided whether to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court, spokeswoman Jessica Atteberry told WorldNetDaily. If the ruling stands, Gov. Bob Riley will appoint a new chief justice.

Attebury said the proposed legislation is the announcement Moore mentioned last week that "could alter the course of this country."

Moore said he is proposing legislation under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power to limit the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts and to make any exceptions and regulations of the appellate jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court as it deems necessary.

He said he has been advised not to release the complete details of the legislation until Congress convenes in the new year.

"As I have traveled through Alabama in the past several days, I have been greatly moved by the outpouring of support," he said. "I want to thank the people of Alabama for their support and for electing me to be their chief justice."

Atteberry said Moore will soon announce details of an agreement he has made with a group organizing a speaking tour across the nation.

"I look forward to continuing to speak to the people of the state of Alabama and the nation on the importance of the acknowledgment of God in our country," he said.

As WorldNetDaily reported, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ordered removal of the washing machine-sized monument on Aug. 5, ruling it violates the Constitution's ban on government establishment of religion.

Moore refused to remove the monument, declaring, "The point is, it's not about violation of order, it's about violation of my oath of office. And my oath of office to the Constitution requires an acknowledgment of God," he said. "It's that simple."

On Aug. 28, state workers moved the monument from the rotunda of the Judicial Building to a non-public back room.

Editor's note: "THE MYTH OF CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION" - the special November edition of WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine - documents conclusively that the modern legal doctrine of "separation of church and state" is the work of activist judges, and has utterly no basis in the Constitution.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35420

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