Lawyers won’t pursue monument judge for contempt

LAWYERS seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument from a judicial building’s rotunda told a federal judge yesterday they would not press to have the state’s chief justice held in contempt for refusing to move it.

The lawyers also said they would not seek to have the state fined, telling US District Judge Myron Thompson that they were convinced the monument would be out of the state building by next week despite the resistance of Chief Justice Roy Moore.

"Our concern all along has been compliance with the constitution. Once the monument has been removed, our concerns will have been addressed," said attorney Ayesha Khan.