“Appeals court hears from lawyers in DeLay ballot battle”

The Houston Chronicle offers this news update, which begins: “A federal appeals panel indicated today that the ability of Republicans to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom Delay on the ballot rests on whether there was ‘conclusive’ evidence that he had moved to Virginia. The three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals did not indicate when it would rule. But questions from the panel seemed to favor the Democrats’ position that Republican officials could not declare DeLay ineligible for office based on residency prior to election day.” See also my earlier analysis, reaching the conclusion that the 5th Circuit is likely to affirm the district court’s decision preventing the party from naming a replacement for Tom DeLay.

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