Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case concerning the placement of a Ten Commandments monument in his state’s judicial building, his lawyers said.
In a legal document made public Sept. 29, Moore seeks the high court’s interpretation of the First Amendment concerning church-state disputes about public displays of religion.
“This court has failed to discharge its duty to provide a uniform rule of law governing Establishment Clause cases,” reads the document, which attorneys said was filed Sept. 26. “As a consequence of this failure, the lower federal courts are floundering in a sea of precedents with no legal rudder.”
In a statement, Moore said he hopes the Supreme Court justices will permit him to acknowledge God in his public capacity.
“As our petition makes clear, the Federal District courts of our land have been led to believe the First Amendment prohibit the acknowledgment of God,” Moore said. “The U.S. Supreme Court should now clarify the Establishment Clause to show that the acknowledgment of God was not only the very basis for the First Amendment, but also provides freedom of conscience for all people.”
(RNS)
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