Roy Moore 2.0? An Ohio 'Commandments' Judge Would Like to Impose God's Law on You - and His Religious Right Mentors are Even More Extreme

When former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore defied federal court orders to remove a 2.5-ton Ten Commandments monument from the foyer of the Alabama State Judicial Building a few years ago, most jurists around the country thought he had gone much too far. Not Ohio Judge James DeWeese. "Justice Moore courageously did in this case what his oath required him to do," DeWeese told Focus on the Family in 2003. "He defended the Constitution by resisting an unlawful order which did such damage to the First Amendment. A government official's acknowledging God is not an establishment of religion. ... The Establishment Clause is a prohibition against the United States Congress. It has no application to state court judges."