A lawsuit has been pending in the Alabama Supreme Court since March 2013, over whether the Secretary of State has a duty to examine the qualifications of presidential candidates before she certifies them for the general election ballot. The case is Hugh McInnis v Chapman, 1120465. A co-plaintiff is Virgil Goode, who was the Constitution Party’s 2012 presidential nominee.
It is somewhat unusual for the Alabama Supreme Court to either refuse to hear the case, or to accept it, for eight months. This link has copies of the briefs.
Why is/was a Local/State/Federal office seeker allowed to seal their records for public review?
Has this ever been done before?