bloomberg.com - 12/30/2008
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Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will appoint former state Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama ’s vacant U.S. Senate seat, a person familiar with the decision said. Senate Democratic leaders said they wouldn’t allow Burris to be seated. ...
chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/30/2008
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burris400.jpg Then Governor-elect Rod Blagojevich introduces his board
of advisors, including Roland Burris (to the governor's left)...
in November 2002. (Tribune file photo / Chuck Berman) Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name former Illinois ...
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Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate
chicagotribune.com - 12/30/2008
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name
former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect...
Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. The action comes despite warnings by Democratic Senate leaders that they would not seat anyone ...
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BLAGOJEVICH'S LATEST MOVE: Rod Blagojevich expected to ...
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Blagojevich Appoints Roland Burris as Senator, Senate Democrats Apparently Threaten Not To Seat Him:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
See this Bloomberg story for more on the matter, and on Burris. See here for Senator Reid's statement that says Burris "will not be seated by the Democratic Caucus," which I assume means the Democratic Caucus will vote not to seat him, rather than that they'll seat him in the Senate but just won't let him join the Democratic Caucus within the Senate. If there's some evidence that Burris's appointment was indeed the result of a bribe or some illegal maneuvering, then indeed the Senate can refuse to seat him. But if there is no such evidence, then for reasons I ...
The presumption of innocence is a bitch: Blagojevich edition
Majikthise —
There's a lot of uncritical reporting of claims about who has the legal right to do what in the battle over Barack Obama's senate successor. Good on TIME for pausing to ask the key question: "Can they do that?" We'll get to who "they" are and what "that" is in a second. First, let's review the latest developments in the Saga de Blago. Today, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Roland Burris to serve out Barack Obama's term as the junior senator from Illinois. Blagojevich shocked political observers by refusing to resign even after he was arrested earlier this month for allegedly attempting to auction off the seat ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/30/2008 — Rod Blagojevich's choice to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, Roland Burris, helped raise money for the governor on multiple occasions.
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Removing Blagojevich ... The Right Way
dailykos.com 12/15/2008 — The Attorney General of Illinois, Lisa Madigan, has filed a motion before the Illinois Supreme Court seeking to have Rod Blagojevich removed from office on the grounds that he is no longer fit to serve : Atty. General Lisa Madigan called on the ...
Blagojevich: Oh My, He’s So Gangster
attackerman.firedoglake.com 12/9/2008 —
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Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Consider this, from page 44 of the complaint:
During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife can be heard in the background telling ROD ...
AP’s Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
stoptheaclu.com 12/10/2008 — -By Warner Todd Huston
Evidence in abundance of AP's new "style" of news coverage.
Not long ago, the Associated Press informed its writers that they should be more emotive in their writing. Instead of an old newsy just-the-facts style of reporting, ...
Dems: We won't seat Blago pick —
First Read 12/30/2008
From NBC's Carrie Dann Senate Democratic Leadership just issued this statement saying that Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris "will ultimately not stand." In the sternly-worded response to the governor's surprise move today, ...
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