Glad to "meet" you, my FReeper friend! It's clear to me now that the Fox blurb was screwed up. In fact, I just rechecked it and the reference to the Sixth Circuit has now been removed. Both cases are no doubt under review at thisn very moment, though. As to Judge Adams' ruling, as much as I hate to admit it, being a Bush appointee (especially at the district court level) is no absolute guarantee of legal acumen.
Nice to meet you, too! We are an odd bunch, hung up on procedure. (I have to admit that fascinates me as much as anything else here.) Yes, I see that Fox removed the paragraph. Again, I'm not sure what's going on. I do note that on Friday, a Sixth Circuit panel declined to stay an earlier TRO of Dlott's (in connection with boards of elections holding hearings on pre-election challenges). So who knows. I guess it depends on the luck of the draw. All it takes is one judge at this late hour . . . .
I agree about district court judges by and large. I just checked Adams' bio -- nothing special, a state trial court judge for four years and in private practice for 16 years before that, went to law school at the U. of Akron. Must be a buddy of somebody's.