The Alabama Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to expedite a lawsuit against U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).
Barry Ragsdale appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit to the Alabama Supreme Court last week that challenges the residency of U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn). Ragsdale requested the Alabama Supreme Court expedite, or rule on the case faster.
Under the expedited schedule announced by the Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday, all briefing on the case would be completed in August. Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Greg Cook was the only member of the court to recuse on Tuesday. President Donald Trump nominated Cook to a federal judgeship in June.
The lawsuit was dismissed by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid, a Democrat.
The lawsuit filed by Ragsdale alleged that Tuberville is constitutionally prohibited from serving as governor "because he fails to satisfy the seven-year durational residency requirement contained in the Alabama Constitution."
However, Reid ruled that she didn’t have jurisdiction over the issue.
Tuberville, a Republican, is running against former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat, for governor in the November general election. Gov. Kay Ivey is term-limited and cannot seek re-election.
Jordan Doufexis, Tuberville’s campaign chairman, said in a statement last week, “Doug Jones and his Democrat lawyers are doing exactly what everyone expected—dragging their failed residency hoax to the Alabama Supreme Court after a Democrat circuit judge threw it out. They lost on the facts, they lost on the law, and now they are hoping a notice of appeal can breathe life into a political stunt Alabama voters already see through.”
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