[ConstantSkeptic]

Ok... there was no decision last Friday. Once again it is Friday. Is today the day we get a decision?

[Ray76]

Looks like no, unless it is not published.

https://acis.alabama.gov/displaydocs2.cfm?no=3624&event=3W80LOJY7

[Exmil_UK]

Nothing yet, and the delay is open to interpretation.

Does Beth Chapman’s resignation affect the possibility of a Writ of Mandamus being granted?

Surely it makes the legal reasoning more difficult for a Mandamus: I would bet the odds of a punt are higher.

However, ff a civil case is brought against an office holder in the state of Alabama for a Mandamus to correct a failure to perform a professional duty of constitutional importance while that SOS was in office, a layperson might think that a Mandamus could be written to command the current officeholder to perform the duty, even after the resignation of Chapman.

But I am also sure a liberal court would find a technicality based on moldy precedent that could be claimed to invalidate the courts ruling for a Mandamus.