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politico.com - 1/2/2009
How should the Senate handle the Roland Burris appointment?
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As 2009 dawns, there is widespread hope that all branches of government in Washington will make a renewed commitment to the rule of law -- a commitment to resolving legal issues not by power and preference but instead on the basis of a good faith effort to achieve the right legal answer. The ...

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Jane Hamsher: Reid, Punk'd By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law

Firedoglake:  Reid, Punk’d By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law

TalkLeft:  The Rule Of Law

Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/2/2009
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Senate Democrats will not allow Burris on the Senate Floor if he shows up next week. (CNN) — Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, ... (more) Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up

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How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz - Slate Magazine
slate.com - 1/1/2009
How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz - Slate Magazine  ...
— slate.com — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right) and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right) and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris Does the Constitution allow the Senate to refuse to seat Roland Burris, ... (more) How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed ...

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Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken
firedoglake.com - 1/2/2009
Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken
— firedoglake.com — Over at Swampland, K-Tum has the inside scoop on how the Democrats plan to keep Burris from being sworn in: The first thing the Senate leadership plans to do is to demand, under Rule 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a certificate ... (more) Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken

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Jane Hamsher: Reid, Punk'd By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Walter Dellinger argues that after eight years of executive contempt for the rule of law, the most important thing right now is not whether Burris is seated or not, but that Reid's actions be impeccable: ...

Reid, Punk’d By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law
Firedoglake — ... Walter Dellinger argues that after eight years of executive contempt for the rule of law, the most important thing right now is not whether Burris is seated or not, but that Reid's actions be impeccable: ...

The Rule Of Law
TalkLeft — ... , who wrongfully accuses Harry Reid of ignoring the rule of law in the Blago Farce. Jane cites to Walter Dellinger to buttress her argument that Reid is ignoring the rule of law. Yet she fails to quote Dellinger's actual statement on the legal question at hand: ...

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