Jonathan Kantrowitz

Update:

CT News Junkie has the after-hearing report:
The Republicans did intervene and have made discovery requests – this isn’t going to be pretty!

Ryan McKeen, A Connecticut Law Blog, who started the whole controversy, analyzes What To Watch For In Bysiewicz v. DiNardo:

1. Can the Republicans intervene? There’s no way lawyers for Bysiewicz want this to happen. I expect her lawyers to fight this issue tooth and nail. If the Republicans are able to intervene at the very least they will likely be able to cause a delay in the proceedings. Bysiewicz wants this resolved prior to the state convention in May. On the legal clock that’s a nanosecond.

2. Does someone challenge Bysiewicz’s standing to bring the action? I’m on record in this blog as saying that she does presently have standing to bring this action. Some one may argue that in order to bring the action she must actually be the nominee. I don’t see it that way but standing is a threshold issue and if a court rules she doesn’t have it than her action would be dismissed which would deal a fatal blow to her campaign. On one hand I think she has standing to bring it and on the other I think an opponent may want to raise the issue.

3. Bysiewicz’s clearly wants a court to rule that she’s qualified and do so quickly. At the end of the day the best possible outcome is if the court rules the statute is constitutional and that she’s qualified.

This is a legal as well as a political issue for her. Having the statute declared unconstitutional may be a legal victory but a political setback for her…

There’s a lot more interesting stuff he has to say – click on the link above,