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Former SPLC Director Hired by JIC to Prosecute Chief Justice Roy Moore

Contact: Liberty Counsel, 800-671-1776, Media@LC.org 

MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 26, 2016 /Standard Newswire/ -- In a brazen move, the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) of the State of Alabama has hired John Carroll, a former Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), to prosecute its politically motivated charges against Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The SPLC filed the complaints with the JIC and now the JIC has chosen the former Legal Director of the SPLC to represent it.

"I have almost no words for this corrupt and unjust system," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, which represents Chief Justice Moore. "We have said that the charges are politically motivated and that the JIC violated its own rules of confidentiality. You would think that the JIC would be astute enough to at least avoid an appearance of bias, but obvious the JIC does not care. This is a brazen act that calls into question the entire JIC process," said Staver.

On the website of the Cumberland School of Law, where Carroll teaches, he prominently lists his past legal experience as "Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center."

When the Alabama Supreme Court issued an order requesting additional briefing on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court marriage opinion, Carroll was quoted in a news article as saying: "Did the Alabama Supreme Court have to do this? The answer is 'no.'" He went on to say, "Were they within their rights? I guess." Interestingly, the same article also quotes from a statement issued by Chief Justice Roy Moore, who had recused himself from participating in the order: "In no way does the order instruct probate judges of this State as to whether or not they should comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell."

"The travesty of the politically motivated charges by the JIC against Chief Justice Roy Moore have become even clearer with the appointment by the JIC of a former Legal Director of the same organization that filed the charges. This is a miscarriage of justice of the highest sort," said Staver.

Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family since 1989, by providing pro bono assistance and representation on these and related topics.