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Editorial ENDORSEMENT
Robert Vance Jr. for chief justice

We endorse Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert Vance Jr. as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.

Vance is low key and nonpartisan. He entered the race late because he was content with two of the three Republican primary candidates.

Like many in Alabama, he was not content with the eventual GOP nominee: Roy Moore, who was removed from the office of chief justice in 2003.

Vance, 51, has been a judge in Birmingham since 2002. He is the son of the late U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Vance, who was killed in 1989 by a mail bomb. He promises that as chief justice he would continue to do what he has done as a circuit judge: follow the law.

That simple formula proved too much for Moore, who was ejected from office when he refused a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments statue from the state court building. Moore's campaigning suggests he plans to again allow his fundamentalist religious beliefs to trump the law. In contrast to Vance's quiet promise to use judicial restraint, Moore preaches on the evils of modern society. He would be an activist judge, constantly seeking the national spotlight.

There is nothing wrong with Moore speaking out, but there is much wrong with him substituting his personal beliefs for the law. That may work in theocracies like Iran, but not in Alabama.

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Vance seems to be a smart choice for Chief Justice. Roy Moore seems more focused on promoting his own agenda than performing the duties of Chief Justice. It's always been my belief that if you live your life based on your beliefs, there is no need to loudly promote them, it will show in your character.

Why did he enter late? Seems the Daily forgot all about Harry Lyons. Please don't insult our intelligence.

Roy Moore is the strongest argument against voting straight Republican ticket. Don't do it! Take the time to mark every item on the ballot, making sure to give Bob Vance your vote for Chief Justice!

@ Decatur Resident. I totally agree. There are two other good reasons in Morgan County not to vote a straight Rep ticket. The great majority of my Republican friends has expressed this feeling. Take the time to vote for the candidate, not the party.Our servicemen, servicewomen and Roy Moore all took oaths to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. The former kept theirs. The latter did not. Now he seeks to be returned to the office he occupied when he thumbed his nose at the Constitution, the same document the others are now risking their lives (and losing them) for. Their loved ones will not be slapped in the face again by giving Roy Moore another chance to desicrate our state and the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice. Vote Vance.

Such rampant ignorance! So little time and space to cite reason. It is certain that closed minds cannot be accessed to dislodge the progressive mantra of paradigms. When slavery was the law of the land, those who opposed it were not wrong. That applies today to abortion. It also applies to the politically correct movement driven by the secular humanist denial of God and substitution of "man as god" under which Judge Moore was persecuted. One party is fighting against statist, centrally controlled governance. The Democrat party is in league with, and progressively [over a hundred years now] clawing its way to more and more central control of our lives, hence creeping reductions in individual liberty and personal freedom. Stop and think people! Vote straight Republican, though imperfect, it is the only party taking a stand. Vote like your freedom depends on it!!

Joe from Falkville, Amen to your message. Please encourage your family and friends to vote for Vance.

Thanks

@ Kenneth frm Dec....Cou rouge Ken cou rouge!

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