In a pleasant surprise — and a sign that there’s still hope for the future of American jurisprudence — the Alabama Court of the Judiciary today ordered that Roy Moore be removed from his position as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The ethics panel’s decision was unanimous.
The court found that Moore “willfully and publicly” defied a federal court order, which warranted his dismissal from the state bench.
Moore will probably appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court, which is unlikely to reverse the decision.