MONTGOMERY — The challenge to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility for the governor’s race reaches another deadline Thursday, Sept. 3, when plaintiffs Robert Dorgan and Michael LeBlanc must file their reply brief at the Alabama Supreme Court.
Tuberville, the Alabama attorney general’s office and the Alabama Republican Party filed briefs in late August asking the court to affirm the lower court’s dismissal of the residency suit, the Alabama Reflector reports. The dispute turns on whether Tuberville meets the seven-year “resident citizen” requirement in Section 117 of the Alabama Constitution, and on whether courts or the party decide the question at all.
The court placed the appeal on an expedited briefing schedule in July as the ballot certification deadline approached, giving the plaintiffs seven days from the appellees’ filings to respond.
Alabama Political Reporter’s analysis of the briefs argues they leave the court an off-ramp to affirm the dismissal without ruling on the residency question itself.
Source: Alabama Reflector
Opelika Daily News — Thursday Report, September 3, 2026 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News
