Word: benchings
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...judicial building rotunda. Moore had placed the sculpture, known as "Roy's Rock," there late one night in 2001. Moore may be removed from office, and the judge wants to have his case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. What do you think? Should Moore be fired from the bench, or is this insufficient grounds for dismissal...
...country depend." The hundreds of protesters had flocked to Moore's monument last week as if to a revival, carrying Bibles, wooden crosses and placards with phrases like KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. DUMP THE FEDS. But within 24 hours of Moore's speech, his judicial colleagues suspended him from the bench and ordered him to face trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary, which can remove judges for ethical violations...
...team won the gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships, the top international competition behind the Olympics. What's more, it won despite losing three of six members to illness or injury. That's HOLLIE VISE, left, nailing her balance-beam routine; alternate CHELLSIE MEMMEL, right, came off the bench to post the day's highest overall score. Even more surprising, American Paul Hamm, 20, won the men's all-around gold, also a historic first. All of which bodes well for next year's Olympics. We couldn't do worse than last time: American gymnasts didn't bring home...
...Update: Suspended from the bench for his refusal to remove a two-ton Ten Commandments monument from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roy Moore remains defiant as he fights to have his case heard in the United States Supreme Court. Moore spoke with TIME's Paige Bowers before the monument was removed...
Some memories had faded, but Trombly described the alleged beating by Byrne vividly yesterday, testifying that the officer punched him in the face with closed fists, held him by the throat with one hand while striking him with the other and threw him unprovoked across the room into a bench. Trombly said Byrne broke his jaw, resulting in its being wired shut for six weeks...