On November 18, 2002, a U.S. district judge ruled against Moore, and later the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta also ruled against him.<ref name="ALEncyc"/> Moore rejected the orders to remove the monument, and was suspended and eventually removed from office on November 13, 2003.<ref name="ALEncyc"/><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/13/moore.tencommandments/ Ten Commandments judge removed from office]. ''CNN''. November 14, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref> | On November 18, 2002, a U.S. district judge ruled against Moore, and later the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta also ruled against him.<ref name="ALEncyc"/> Moore rejected the orders to remove the monument, and was suspended and eventually removed from office on November 13, 2003.<ref name="ALEncyc"/><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/13/moore.tencommandments/ Ten Commandments judge removed from office]. ''CNN''. November 14, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref> |