June 29, 2006

Out of Season

Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers says he won't apply for the open seat on the state Supreme Court, reports the Wednesday Nashville City Paper. One wonders if Summers' vociferous support a few years ago for an unconstitutional state income tax - which would require overturning three different unanimous Supreme Court rulings - cost him a shot at the job in an election year in which the truth of the incumbent governor's commitment to keeping Tennessee income tax-free is going to be seriously challenged.