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Roy
S. Moore
Roy S. Moore is a native of Etowah County, Alabama. He graduated from Etowah High School in 1965 and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1969 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. After military service, Judge Moore returned to Alabama, where he completed his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1977 from the University of Alabama School of Law. |
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Chief Justice Moore served our Country as a Captain in the Military Police Corps of the United States Army. He also served as Battalion Staff Officer at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and Illesheim, Germany, and as a Company Commander in Vietnam. During his professional career, Chief Justice Moore 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, until he became Circuit Judge, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in 1992. Chief Justice Moore served in this capacity until his election as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in November, 2000.
Poems by Chief Justice Moore:
Our American Birthright
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.
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".
Chief Justice Moore has appeared on the Today Show, 20/20, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News, CHH, CBN's "700 Club", Dr. D. James Kennedy's "Coral Ridge Hour", James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" and John Hagee's Cornerstone Church. Chief Justice Moore has been recorded in speeches on C-Span, and other numerous national and regional radio and television programs. Articles concerning Chief Justice Moore have appeared in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, the Atlanta Constitution, New American, Chalcedon Report, Citizen Magazine, and others.
Chief Justice Moore has authored numerous articles, and poetry. Among his selected writings are "Religion In The Public Square", published by Cumberland Law Review, Cumberland School of Law, Volume 29, No. 2, 1998-1999, and "Putting God Back in the Public Square", Imprimis, Hillsdale College, Volume 28, No. 8, August, 1999.