Sis: Brannon’s ‘Extraordinary’ Step

Whoa there nelly. It would have to be by way of an extraordinary procedure. The courts usually don’t allow an appeal until the trial court is completely finished with the case. We’re a long way from that. To take up an interlocutory appeal requires some complicity with the trial court in that it must certify a decision as final for purposes of appeal. Usually there has to be some finding that the court’s decision sought to be appealed involves a novel issue in which the trial court is unsure and requires guidance from above. From my perspective none of the court’s rulings fall into this category but I have yet to see the court’s decision from last week. I doubt Judge Simpson would grant certification. Proceeding without it is possible but fraught with peril, particularly on a time sensitive issue like an election. Read Tuesday thread here .

Question: Sis does a good job breaking down Jim Brannon’s latest legal move in his seemingly never-ending attempt to overthrow his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy. Cindy deserves a high five for getting this on the blog while I was off Tuesday. I wonder if this step is an attempt to keep the election issue alive as fodder to attract votes in other races during the primary election? Or if Brannon truly believes he can win a court test. What do you think?