Appeals Court Musical Chairs

Republican state representative Kim Brimer's lawsuit trying to take Democratic challenger Wendy Davis' name off the ballot has been effectively dead since August 22, when the deadline to remove a name passed, but the court fight continues. Paul Burka notes that the case has been moved from the Fort Worth appeals court to Dallas's court with some skepticism as to the political undercurrents that caused it, and I can't blame him: whatever the reason may ostensibly have been, the move sure does get some judges out of a rock-and-a-hard-place situation with having to rule on a case that makes the Republican party look bad shortly before they're up for reelection under that banner.