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Firedoglake: Franken-Coleman Update: Franken Wins By Losing
The BRAD BLOG: 'Daily Voting News' For March 07, 2009
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Franken-Coleman Update: Franken Wins By Losing
Firedoglake —
... Big whoop -- that was expected, as state law clearly calls for all election contests to be settled before a certificate can be signed. The really big news here is what MinnPost's Eric Black sniffed out upon reading ...
'Daily Voting News' For March 07, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... evidence without any argument from the opponents. The AG has previously made statements about wide-spread voter fraud and voter impersonation but when these charges were investigated by the AG’s office they failed to find any but very technical violations and nothing at all that could be considered to be wide-spread.
Don’t forget to set your clock ahead for Daylight’s Savings Time tonight....
MN: Franken may have won by losing at MN Supreme Court http://www.minnpost.com/...sing_at_mn_supreme_court
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Franken's Lawyer Tells BuzzFlash It'll Soon Be Over. Meanwhile, "Seat the Senator" Contestants Still Wait
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... , which would have made it easier for the Senate to seat him. The court said the certificate must be issued only after "a court of proper jurisdiction" makes its final ruling. However, as Eric Black of MinnPost points out , the disappointment may prove to be a boon for Franken. Though they did not explicitly say it, the judges seemed to have tipped their collective hand as to what they might decide if Coleman decides to take his appeal to federal court. They seem to be saying that they would require the Minnesota secretary of state to issue the election certificate as soon as ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Franken Rests His Case
Firedoglake —
... the ballots Coleman's people have been lobbing, the Franken team's ballots are much more likely to have been properly cast in the first place. Next week will see the Election Contest Court ruling on which ballots are legit, then actually requesting them from the counties in question to be brought to the Secretary of State's office to be opened and counted. And then -- a ruling favoring Franken, which the Coleman camp will almost certainly appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court in what will be their last chance at delaying the inevitable. ...
Senate Guru: Where the Minnesota Senate Race Stands
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... 3) Norm Coleman, upon losing his state Supreme Court appeal, could further appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming that the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution was violated. Of course, Coleman would still have to depend on D.C. GOP big bucks to fund his continued legal challenge. Now, here's why this might not happen. While an election certificate can't be issued while state-level appeals are underway, some interpretations of the standard suggest that an election certificate can be issues once state-level appeals have been attended to, even if appeals are ...
Franken-Coleman Update: The Shoutouts
Firedoglake —
... Another notable reporter is Eric Black, currently of MinnPost and formerly of the Minnesota Independent. Black had a long and distinguished career with the StarTribune, but was one of the early casualties of the newspaper death spiral. He has two big scoops to his credit recently: His discovery that the Minnesota Supreme Court was signaling its intent to order the issuing of an election certificate even if Norm Coleman appeals to the Federal level, and his teasing out of Sy Hersh ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Waiting
Firedoglake —
... want Norm to keep up his recount contest as long as he can, simply to deny the Democrats a Senate seat for as long as they can. Which would have been fine if he'd stopped there. But then he mixed in a bunch of hooey: namely, the idea that Norm has a shot at using legal action to continue to forestall Franken's being seated once the Minnesota Supreme Court deep-sixes his appeal of the Election Contest Court's rulings. Raju needs to start reading the Minnesota online media: As Eric Black of MinnPost reported two weeks ago (and I referenced ...
Franken-Coleman Update: When the Irish Ruled Saint Paul
Firedoglake —
... Of course, T-Paw immediately followed up by saying that a Federal court could possibly issue a stay that would prevent the issuance of an election certificate. But, as the election-law experts that MinnPost's Eric Black consulted have noted, that's a serious long shot: ...
Franken-Coleman Update: A Tale of Two Law Partners
Firedoglake —
... . The rulings of the Minnesota Supreme Court have repeatedly referenced the end of an election contest as being when it has run its case in the state courts, without any reference to possible Federal courts action -- which means that once Norm Coleman's promised appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court is shot down, that court will then order the governor (that is, Tim) and the secretary of state to sign Al Franken's election certificate. ...
