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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore created a national stir Aug. 23 when he was suspended for ignoring a federal court order to remove a 5,280-lb. granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the Alabama judicial building rotunda. Moore had placed the sculpture, known as "Roy's Rock," there late one night in 2001. Moore may be removed from office, and the judge wants to have his case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. What do you think? Should Moore be fired from the bench, or is this insufficient grounds for dismissal...
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has long displayed a reverence--or obsession, depending on your point of view--for the Ten Commandments. The Scripture has been a good calling card for Moore, gaining him notoriety far beyond the realm of circuit-court judges after he first decorated his courtroom in 1995 with a hand-carved rosewood plaque bearing God's laws. He prevailed over civil libertarians who sued for its removal, and rode his fame even further in 2000, when he was elected chief justice of Alabama's supreme court on the slogan "Roy Moore: Still the Ten Commandments Judge...
...virtually open and shut. Moore's lawyers had argued that U.S. law is founded on the Ten Commandments, which are displayed, more subtly and often surrounded by secular legal symbols, in other government buildings around the country. But federal District Judge Myron Thompson said in his ruling that Roy's Rock is "nothing less than an obtrusive year-round religious display... The only way to miss the religious or nonsecular appearance of the monument would be to walk through the Alabama State Judicial Building with one's eyes closed." A federal appeals court agreed, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined...
...Update: Suspended from the bench for his refusal to remove a two-ton Ten Commandments monument from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roy Moore remains defiant as he fights to have his case heard in the United States Supreme Court. Moore spoke with TIME's Paige Bowers before the monument was removed...
...burgeoning number of young big spenders. Brands like Reebok and Nokia are making deeper inroads than ever before. Modern malls and fast-food restaurants are proliferating among the crumbling British colonial buildings and ancient monuments that dot India's cities. "These guys are a huge consumer audience," says Raman Roy, managing director of Wipro Spectramind, one of India's largest call-center operators. "There is a fundamental economic change happening...