I have no problem with Judge Moore trying his case for the monument in court, or even appealing it. Regardless of your views on the monument, I dont think it should be an issue. He defied the ruling of a federal court, thereby breaking the principles he swore to uphold when he became a judge. By not following what the courts had said on the issue by not temporarily removing the monument (although he could still appeal it if he followed the federal courts ruling while he was doing so, which would be legal), he sealed his own fate and that of his monument.