I realize it is customary and considered polite to call someone by a position they used to hold, for example, Governor Howard Dean, President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, Ambassador Wendy Sherman, General Wesley Clark.
But ALL of those folks left their posts either because of being term limited, or of their own volition.
That applies even to President Bill Clinton — he may have been impeached, but he was acquitted by the United States Senate.
It would apply to President George H. W. Bush and President Jimmy Carter. They may have been defeated for re-election, but they were not forced from office for violating their oaths of office.
That is NOT true of Roy Moore. He was twice removed as Alabama Chief Justice because he violated his oath of office which requires him to abide by the Constitution, a document which makes clear in the Supremacy Clause that it outweighs any state constitution or statute that may be in conflict with it, and certainly outweighs the warped opinions of a man who would by force of an office he held — albeit temporarily — sought to impose his personal and religious views in violation of constitutional orders from the Federal judiciary. And please note — he was removed by the judiciary commission in the state which had twice elected him to the highest office in that state.
Call him Roy Moore. Call him Mr. Moore. Hell, if you want to use the title of the office from which he was removed, properly label him as DISGRACED FORMER judge Roy Moore.
But he is no longer entitled to the honor of the title Judge. He lost that right when he was removed from office.
If he cannot be trusted to uphold the principles of his FORMER judicial office, something that he TWICE demonstrated, he should not be trusted with holding the office of a Federal legislator, even if the voters of Alabama mistakenly choose to elect him.
Just saying…..