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suntimes.com - 1/3/2009

Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

— suntimes.com — Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama's U.S. Senate seat Days before Gov. Blagojevich... was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made ... (more) Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement  ...

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scotusblog.com - 1/1/2009

Analysis: Must Senate seat Burris?

— scotusblog.com — NOTE TO READERS: This post is another in a series exploring the meaning and scope of prior... Supreme Court rulings — here, the June 16, 1969, decision in Powell v. McCormack (395 U.S. 486). Analysis Twice in recent days, the Democrats in the ... (more) Analysis: Must Senate seat Burris?

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thinkprogress.org - 12/31/2008

Former U.S. Atty: Blagojevich appointment shows he’s ‘crazy like a fox,’ playing to future black ...

— thinkprogress.org — Earlier today, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) appointed Roland Burris, the first African-American elected to statewide office in... Illinois , to take Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat. Democratic leaders have indicated they are planning to block the ... (more) Former U.S. Atty: Blagojevich appointment shows he’s ...

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Rod Blagojevich

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Anticipating Senate Fireworks
Taylor Marsh — ... Rush’s presence. One can only imagine how the old boxer of the Senate, Harry Reid, is taking all of this. Not well, I suspect, especially considering the latest political nuggets bursting forth that Reid inserted himself into the process in Illinois. Not that the majority leader of the Senate shouldn’t be concerned that the appointed senator be the best gamble to win re-election. UPDATE: Lawrence Tribe believes the Senate doesn’t have to seat Burris. ...

Tribe on the Burris Appointment’s Constitutionality
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... Lawrence Tribe has an interesting piece up at Forbes.com about the constitutionality of the Senate’s objection to the Burris appointment: Blagojevich And The Constitution. The whole piece is worth reading, however, two specific issue are worth noting. ...

Jeff Norman: Harry Reid: The Most Corrupt of the Corrupt?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... and Lawrence Tribe say it's irrelevant that an appointee's qualifications may be judged only according to criteria specified in the Constitution. They say the real issue here is the Senate's constitutionally prescribed ...