OMG! The ACLU wants to turn Alabama into San Francisco!

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Actually, that would be a good idea. The weather would be sooooooooo much better.

Well, it seems that we here in the Heart of Dixie just can't help but have at least one justice on our state Supreme Court who thinks the law doesn't apply to him. Having already removed Roy Moore from the bench for refusing to obey a federal court order, it's now Justice Tom Parker's turn.

Of course, Parker -- who wrote an op-ed piece actually saying state judges are not bound by precedents from the US Supreme Court -- has decided to blame the ACLU for his current predicament. If that doesn't work, he'll probably blame Jane Fonda, Hollywood liberals and gays.

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/NEWS02/603150352/1009

By Samira Jafari
The Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker on Tuesday blamed a civil liberties group for the judicial ethics complaint filed against him, calling it retaliation for his career-long stance against abortion, pornography, homosexuality and a proposed tax increase for schools.

Parker said the complaint was an attack by the American Civil Liberties Union "to force political-correctness on all Alabamians and turn us into another San Francisco."

Joel Sogol, a Tuscaloosa lawyer who filed the complaint with the Judicial Inquiry Commission, said the ACLU is not involved in it. A state ACLU official also said the civil liberties group is not involved.

Sogol, a former chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama litigation committee, accused Parker of violating Alabama's judicial ethics standards when he publicly criticized his eight Supreme Court colleagues and a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Sogol said such criticism breeds contempt for the law.

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1. I wondered what happened to him

after being Elvis's manager.....

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4. He's not any better at being a judge

than he was as Elvis' manager. LOL

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2. WTF?

"....state judges are not bound by precedents from the US Supreme Court..."

I believe they are. Lower courts are bound by the precedents set by higher courts.

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3. Sogol said such criticism breeds contempt for the law.

and right wing nutbags fragging judges houses and cars doesn't?

Pot, meet kettle. 'You're black.' 'No you are.'