Legal Red Tape - The Roll goes on

The wrangling over J. Houston Gordon's place on the Judicial Selection Commission's slate of candidates to the State Supreme Court goes on. The Supreme Court itself will weigh in on the issue.

The Judicial Selection Commission had planned on submitting an entirely new slate of candidates to Bredesen this month, in accordance with a Davidson County Chancery Court decision which sided with Bredesen. But the Supreme Court's decision to take up Gordon's appeal will delay the Commission.

Arguments are set for February and we are not to expect a decision for some time. Apart from the legal intracies of this controversy, the latest twist is fascinating. The 4 Supreme Court justices will weigh in on the process for selection of their future colleague. City Paper

Legal Red Tape (the whole roll)

Business TN has an interesting cover article about one figure caught in the bruhaha between Bredesen and the Judicial Selection Commission. (Business TN) Interesting for its coverage of the history of the Tennessee Plan and its unforseen consequences, this piece is really a pean for J. Houston Gordon. An emminently qualified jurist, Gordon is caught in the peculiar situation of being on the controversial slate resubmitted by the Judicial Selection Commission.

Interesting reading ... but a technical legal controversy only a lawyer could love.