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  Moore, Roy
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationRepublican  
<-  2017-01-01  
 
NameRoy Moore
Address
Gallant, Alabama , United States
EmailNone
Websitehttp://www.roymoore.org/
Born February 11, 1947 (77 years)
ContributorWabash
Last ModifedRob Ritchie
Jan 22, 2018 12:57pm
Tags Caucasian - Married - Army - Removed From Office - Baptist - Christian - Southern Baptist - Straight -
InfoRoy S. Moore is a native of Etowah County, Alabama. He graduated from Etowah High School in 1965 and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1969 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Moore then returned to Alabama where he completed his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1977 from The University of Alabama School of Law.

Chief Justice Moore served our country as a Captain in the Military Police Corps of the United States Army. He also served as Battalion Staff Officer at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and as a Company Commander in Vietnam. During his professional career, Justice Moore became the first full-time Deputy District Attorney in Etowah County and served in this position from 1977 until 1982. He returned to private law practice in Gadsden until he was elected Circuit Judge, Place Number One of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in Gadsden, in 1992. He served in this capacity from 1992 until his election as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in November 2000.

Chief Justice Moore has received a number of national honors during his career. In 1995, he was presented with the George Washington Honor Medal from the National Freedom Foundation in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and honored with Alabama State Senate Joint Resolution 40 (McDowell Lee, Secretary of State, both Houses concurring). In 1996 he was awarded the Christian Citizenship Award from Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama; in 1997 he received the Bill of Rights award, the Christian Statesman of the Year Award (D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship, Washington, D.C.), the God and Country Award (American Family Association), and the Spirit of America Founders Award. Justice Moore continued to be honored in 1998 by the United States Taxpayers Party, who presented him with the Andrew Jackson Champion of Liberty Award. Kentucky Governor Paul Patton awarded Justice Moore the highest honor awarded by the State of Kentucky (Kentucky Colonel, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels), the Liberty & Union Award (New Hampshire Center for Constitutional Studies), and the Delaware House of Representatives honored him with Resolution No. 47. That same year, the State of California Republican Assembly endorsed Justice Moore by formal resolution at their annual convention calling him a "tireless defender of individual freedom and liberties."

In 1999, Justice Moore received the Family, Faith, and Freedom Citation presented by the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., and the American Heritage of Faith Award (Freedom Flyer Ministries, Chicago, Illinois). He also received the 1999 National Spirit of Life Award from the African American Family Association, and Michigan Governor John Engler and the State of Michigan presented him with a special tribute, calling Justice Moore, "a great American and an honorable judge." In 2002, the National Hero of Faith Award was presented by Vision America (Houston, Texas), and in 2003, he received a Doctor of Divinity Ecclesiastical Degree which was conferred upon him by the Methodist Episcopal Church USA (Washington, D.C.).

Chief Justice Moore has appeared on the Today Show, 20/20, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News, CNN, CBN's "700 Club," Dr. D. James Kennedy's "Coral Ridge Hour," James Dobson's "Focus on the Family," C-Span, and other numerous national and regional radio and television programs. Articles concerning Justice Moore have appeared in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, the Atlanta Constitution, New American, Chalcedon Report, Citizen Magazine, and others.

Chief Justice Moore has authored numerous articles and poetry. Among his selected writings are "Religion In The Public Square," published by Cumberland Law Review, Cumberland School of Law, Volume 29, No.2, 1998-1999, and "Putting God Back in the Public Square," Imprimis, Hillsdale College, Volume 28, No. 8, August, 1999.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
11/30/2017-12/02/2017 Emerson College 42.00% ( 0.0) 48.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)
01/10/2005-01/13/2005 University of South Alabama Polling Group 72.00% ( 0.0) 0.00% ( 0.0) 0.00% ( 0.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
09/21/2017-09/23/2017 Emerson College 43.00% ( 0.0) 46.00% ( 0.0) 11.00% ( 0.0)

BOOKS
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So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom  Purchase Craverguy 

EVENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 05, 2018 02:00pm News Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen, CBS' Showtime in $95 million defamation case  Article Poll Vaulter 
May 03, 2018 12:15pm Speculative Roy Moore: I could run for governor  Article RP 
Jan 05, 2018 01:15pm Investigation Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway  Article RP 
Dec 10, 2017 06:55pm Interview Roy Moore in 2011: Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate many problems'  Article IndyGeorgia 
Oct 26, 2017 12:00pm Profile Why Roy Moore's Law-School Professor Nicknamed Him Fruit Salad  Article IndyGeorgia 
Sep 30, 2016 12:00pm Legal Ruling Roy Moore Suspended From Alabama Supreme Court For Anti-Gay Marriage Order  Article IndyGeorgia 

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FAMILY
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INFORMATION LINKS
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RACES
  03/03/2020 AL US Senate - R Primary Lost 7.16% (-26.23%)
  12/12/2017 AL US Senate - Special Election Lost 48.34% (-1.63%)
  09/26/2017 AL US Senate - Special R Runoff Won 54.59% (+9.17%)
  08/15/2017 AL US Senate - Special R Primary Won 38.79% (+5.98%)
  11/06/2012 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice Won 51.78% (+3.66%)
  03/13/2012 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice - R Primary Won 50.38% (+25.15%)
  11/02/2010 AL Governor Lost 0.00% (-57.58%)
  06/01/2010 AL Governor - R Primary Lost 19.31% (-8.58%)
  11/07/2006 AL Governor Lost 0.14% (-57.31%)
  06/06/2006 AL Governor - R Primary Lost 33.34% (-33.33%)
  11/07/2000 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice Won 54.62% (+9.46%)
  06/06/2000 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice - R Primary Won 54.59% (+24.45%)
ENDORSEMENTS
AL US Senate - R Runoff - Jun 21, 2022 R Morris J. "Mo" Brooks
AL US Senate - R Runoff - Jul 14, 2020 R Jeff Sessions
MO US Senate - R Primary - Aug 07, 2018 R Courtland Sykes
AL Attorney General - R Runoff - Jul 17, 2018 R Troy King
AL District 02 - R Primary - Jun 05, 2018 R Rich Hobson
[AL] Proposed Statewide Amendment No. 2 (Segregation Amendment) - Nov 02, 2004 NO No
FL US Senate - R Primary - Aug 31, 2004 R Larry Klayman
AL Sup Ct Assoc Just Place 1 - R Primary - Jun 01, 2004 R Tom Parker
AL Sup Ct Assoc Just Place 2 - R Primary - Jun 01, 2004 R Pam "Walking" Baschab
AL Sup Ct Assoc Just Place 3 - R Primary - Jun 01, 2004 R Jerry Stokes
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