Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal will not fast-track a lawsuit filed by a number of Tennessee elected officials, she ruled in an Oct. 27 court order.
The order came days after the defendants in the case – Gov. Bill Lee, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Major General Warner A. Ross III – filed three motions. One motion sought to expedite a trial in the case, another sought an expedited hearing for that motion, and the third asked for the hearing on a temporary injunction to be delayed.
All three motions were denied, with Moskal saying the “significance of the issues raised in this matter” requires more time for the parties to fully argue their positions…