Change at the Supreme Court will allow outgoing Governor Bob Riley the opportunity to put his imprint on a 2012 election at the Court.
Parlor friends who keep a close eye on the Supreme Court tell me that we should look for Justice Champ Lyons to resign before Monday and for outgoing Governor Riley to appoint Jim Main to the position.
Lyons was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1998 by Governor Fob James and won re-election bids in 2000 and 2006. Lyons would not be able to run for re-election in 2012 because of age restrictions. Main will receive the obvious advantage of being able to run for re-election as an incumbent rather than having to run for an open seat.
Main served as Riley’s Finance Director before being appointed by Riley to fill the vacancy on the Court of Criminal Appeals that was created by the election of Greg Shaw to the Supreme Court in November 2008.
According to one readers who follows the Supreme Court, there is an “80-90% chance of this happening in the next 48 hours.”
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