A COMING JUDICIAL FIGHT IN TENNESSEE?

The makeup of the Tennessee Supreme Court could be in for a drastic change if three of the five current members are ousted by voters in August.

The trio are all Democratic appointees and have become the target of an ouster campaign, spearheaded by the most powerful man in the state legislature. His mission funded by out of state PAC money.

Our current judicial selection system was put together by Democrats in the 1970s in response to the growth of Republican electoral power statewide. It succeeded in preserving Democratic influence in the Supreme Court for several decades, but may now be coming to an end. Meanwhile, those defending the existing Justices might want to tone down the Koch Brothers demonization while simultaneously talking about the importance of fairness and the rule of law. . . .