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Alabama Supreme Court rules it has no jurisdiction to enforce election law
What happened
The Alabama Supreme Court did not decide whether Sen. Tommy Tuberville satisfied Alabama’s residency requirement. AlterNet reports that the court upheld the dismissal of a challenge to his eligibility, ruling that courts lacked jurisdiction to reconsider the Republican Party’s determination that he qualified as a resident.
The justices said a primary-election contest under state law was the exclusive way to challenge a nominee’s qualifications before the general election. They also found no statutory right to appeal a party committee’s decision to a circuit court or the state…
The skinny
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