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Nov. 18, 2002 | MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of Alabama's judicial building violates the constitution's ban on government promotion of religion, a federal judge ruled Monday.

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson gave Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who had the 5,300-pound granite monument installed in the state building, 30 days to remove it. (full story)

Presumably, Ashcroft is heading straight down to Montgomery to block the door.

Charlton Heston could not be reached for comment, because he is currently holding a NRA rally across the street from the Jam-Master Jay memorial service. Afterwards, he'll still be busy, holding another rally outside the premiere of "Half Past Dead".