The Alabama Judiciary's Guide to Interior Design and Fashion

First it was Ten Commandments plaques and monuments in courtrooms and courthouses. Now, a judge in Covington County has taken to wearing a robe with the Ten Commandments embroidered in gold on the front.

I don't think that the judge's fashion choice is necessarily unconstitutional, but it certainly stretches the limits of propriety. The judge says that he will wear his new robe because "the Ten Commandments can help a judge know the difference between right and wrong." I don't doubt that at all, but for a judge to quite literally wear his religion on his sleeves while performing secular duties just seems unprofessional and inappropriate. This is not a theocracy, and judges are not popularly elected clergymen.