MONTGOMERY, AL - An Alabama federal district court dealt a blow to the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) that had put Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Parker on notice of a complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The JIC and the former attorney general, Luther Strange, filed motions to dismiss Justice Parker's suit, but the court held that Justice Parker has stated a claim that the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics violate his First Amendment right to free speech. Strange is now running for U.S. Senate against former Chief Justice Roy Moore.
