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...Budd beat Cheri Beasley, a Democrat and former chief justice of North Carolina’s state Supreme Court, by a narrow three-point margin....
...He donated tens of thousands of dollars to Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, continuing to support the Republican candidate even after he faced multiple allegations of sexual assault, which Moore denied...
...He refused to even hold a hearing on Merrick Garland, the president’s choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left open by the sudden death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016....
...In his 2014 memoir, Blessed Experiences, he recalls how his high-school band was asked to participate in the Sumter Christmas parade in 1955, the year after the Supreme Court struck down the segregation...
...He had also been twice removed from the bench as chief justice — for bringing a monument of the Ten Commandments into court and then for failing to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage....
...The losing candidate was Roy Moore, a Christian fundamentalist with an alleged history of dating underage girls. The stakes over a Supreme Court vacancy are far greater....
...If the Democrats ultimately recapture the House of Representatives, it will probably be on account of the support they received from female voters — just as women made a difference in defeating Roy Moore...
...failing to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage....
...High black voter turnout in Alabama’s Senate special election last year helped a lesser known Democrat defeat a higher profile conservative Roy Moore, dealing a blow to Mr Trump....
...Judge Roy Moore, the evangelical fired from the bench for bringing God into court, was hitting a crescendo at a rally in Alabama when one of the faithful burst into rapture....
...Mr Moore was twice ousted as chief justice — for bringing a monument of the Ten Commandments into court and for failing to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage....
...In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law requiring abortion providers to have admission privileges at a hospital within a 30-mile radius....
...Mr Moore was twice removed from his post as Alabama’s chief justice for disobeying the rulings of higher courts. He argued that God’s law (as interpreted by Roy Moore) should have the final say....
...“Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy, WIN in Dec!” Mr Trump tweeted....
...“Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military . . ....
...If Democrat Doug Jones were to win over Republican Roy Moore, the Republican advantage would be 51-49....
...bannon Mr Moore was twice elected as Alabama chief justice, but was censured for bringing God into court....
...Doug Jones, a former US attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, won the Democratic primary, while Roy Moore, a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, became the Republican nominee....
...(Reuters) Trump endorses Senate candidate accused of child molestation Donald Trump offered a strong endorsement of Roy Moore, the controversial Alabama judge who has been accused of multiple inappropriate...
...Denies inappropriate behaviour Consequence Suspended by Warner Bros TV Group, which launched an investigation Roy Moore Alabama judge and Senate candidate (Republican) Date of accusation November 8...
...In recent days, much of the attention has been focused on Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama who has been accused of assault — allegations he has denied....
...We are meeting in the final countdown of the controversial Senate campaign of Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican accused of preying on teenage girls....
...The results of the recent Republican primary in Alabama — in which a fire-breathing radical named Roy Moore beat the candidate of the party establishment — demonstrated that many voters remain drawn to extremists...
...(FT, Guardian, Wired) Republican insurgent victory Roy Moore, an evangelical judge, won the Alabama Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, defeating the state’s former attorney-general Luther Strange...
...Alabama’s stand-off over same-sex marriage this week shone an uncomfortable spotlight on the state’s civil rights record, with many comparing Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore’s defiance of a...
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