Chief Justice Roy Moore has been driven from his office, notwithstanding words to the contrary coming from the office of Senior Associate Justice, Garland Harland. Following a national press conference in which a former Alabama Supreme Court ustice and election opponant of Attorney Genereal Bill Pryor, called Justice Houston on the carpet for the unethical treatment of the Chief Justice, Houston fired back with a carefully worded press release refusing to take responsibility and describing the accusations as “immoral.”

Others close to the situation are calling judge Houston’s response “dishonest,” and “bait and switch,” noting that the fact remains that the Chief Justice is unable to return to his own office, and that his staff has been told they are working at the discretion of Justice Houston. One thing is clear, at this point, the gloves have been taken off, and the tactics against Chief Justice Moore have become personal and dirty.

Moore and his staff are officing at an undisclosed location away from the Supreme Court building.