Honorable
Roy S. Moore
Roy S. Moore is married to Kayla, and they
have four children: Heather, Ory, Caleb,
and Micah. He graduated from the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point with a bachelor of
science degree in 1969 and completed his
Juris Doctor degree from the University
of Alabama School of Law in 1977. Captain
Roy Moore served in the U.S. Army as a company
commander with the Military Police Corp
in Vietnam. During his professional career,
he became the first full-time Deputy District
Attorney in Etowah County and served in
this position from 1977 until 1982. In 1984,
Chief Justice Moore undertook private practice
of law in Gadsden. He became a judge of
the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama
in 1992, and served until his election as
chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
in 2000. In 2003, Chief Justice Moore was
removed from his position for standing up
for the inalienable right to acknowledge
God. The former chief justice lectures throughout
the United States, teaching about America’s
history and our right to acknowledge God,
and he serves as the President of the Foundation
for Moral Law in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Chief Justice Moore has authored "So Help Me God," as well as numerous
publications, including “Religion in the
Public Square,” published by Cumberland
Law Review, Cumberland School of Law, Volume
29, No. 2, 1998-1999, “Putting God Back
in the Public Square,” Imprimis, Hillsdale
College, Volume 28, No. 8, August, 1999,
“Courts Out of Control: Understanding the
Rule of Law in America,” Liberty Forum,
Institute on the Constitution, Volume 2,
Issue 2, Spring 2006, and Our Legal Heritage.
In addition, Judge Moore writes a weekly Wednesday column, Our Moral Foundation, for WorldNetDaily.com. |
To schedule Judge Moore to speak in your area, click here.
Video: Judge Moore Receives Ovation at Values Voter Presidential Debate 2007
Poems by Chief Justice Moore:
Video: Judge Moore presents "Our American Birthright" (Poem text available here.)
The Faded Black Book
The Stranger
Can He Count on You?
National Honors
1995 George Washington Honor Medal from National
Freedom Foundation Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
1996 Christian Citizenship Award Samford University,
Birmingham, Alabama
1997 Bill of Rights Award
1997 Christian Statesman of the year Award by
D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship,
Washington DC.
1997 God and Country Award by American Family
Association
1997 Spirit of America Founders Award
1998 Andrew Jackson Champion of Liberty by United
States Taxpayers Party
1998 "Kentucky Colonel" by the Honorable
Order of Kentucky Colonels presented by Governor
Paul Patton
1998 Liberty & Union Award by New Hampshire
Center for Constitutional Studies
1999 Family, Faith, and Freedom Citation presented
by Family Research Council Washington, D.C.
1999 National Spirit of Life Award from African
American Family Association
1999 Special Tribute, State of Michigan. Governor
John Engler "to a great American and Honorable
Judge"
1999 American Heritage of Faith Award from Freedom
Flyer Ministries. Chicago, Illinois.
2002 National Hero of Faith Award presented by
Vision America Houston, Texas
2003 Doctor of Divinity Ecclesiastical Degree
conferred by Methodist Episcopal Church USA. Washington,
DC.
2011
Great American Award by the Central Texas Tea Party and Republican Freedom Coalition
Resolutions
1995 Senate Joint Resolution #40 State of Alabama,
McDowell Lee, Secretary of State, Both Houses
concurring
1996 House of Representatives U.S. Congress (Senate
Concurring) H. Congressional Resolution #31 -
"?Judge Roy S. Moore, a lifelong resident
of Etowah County, Alabama, graduate of the United
States Military Academy with distinguished service
to his Country in Vietnam, and graduate of the
University of Alabama School of Law, has served
his Country and community with uncommon distinction;"
1998 Resolution #47 Delaware House of Representatives
1998 California Republican Party. Michael J.
Schroeder, Chairman called Judge Moore "Tireless
Defender of Individual freedom and liberties".
Media
Chief Justice Moore has appeared on the FOX News
Channel’s Hannity & Colmes and The O’Reilly
Factor, NBC’s Today Show, and NBC Nightly News,
ABC World News and 20/20, CNN’s Inside Politics,
Paula Zahn Now and American Morning, CBS The Early
Show, CBN's “The 700 Club,” James Dobson's “Focus
on the Family,” and featured in the New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, USA Today and many other
media outlets.
