Guilty, Your Honour?
This year's judicial elections may be worryingly free-speaking
THERE was a Republican primary election in Alabama last month. As usual, it involved large amounts of money. One pro-business lobby poured $750,000 into candidates' campaign coffers. Roy Moore, defender of the Ten Commandments, gave his blessing to some candidates; one of them ran a radio ad saying he was a conservative Christian against gay marriage and abortion.
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