Activists seeking to oust Sen. Marsh have day in court

Sen. Del Marsh

Activists seeking to oust Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, from office had their day in court Thursday, where a judge took them to task for not making their case plain.
Montgomery circuit court Judge William Shashy told the plaintiffs that they  need to be more specific on what they are claiming and what they claim Marsh  did wrong.
Opponents of state constitutional reform filed a legal action against Marsh, the president pro tempore of the Alabama Senate, earlier this year.
Marsh was the chief force behind the creation of the Constitutional Revision Commission, a body set up by the Legislature in 2011 to review the Alabama Constitution of 1901, article by article, and suggest changes. The legal challenge claims the revision oversteps the authority of the Legislature.
Earlier this week, Judge Shashy ordered the plaintiffs to produce a clearer, shorter brief to explain his case. At the Thursday hearing, Shashy told state litigator Jeff Long to file a response to that brief on behalf of Marsh.
Shashy said the case would come up in court again after that brief is filed, if the case isn’t dismissed. No date for a new hearing has been set.