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slate.com - 1/1/2009

How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz - Slate Magazine

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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, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's surprise ...

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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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blogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/1/2009

Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject

— blogs.chicagotribune.com — Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a politician. Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in... his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he's at least six parts ego to one part performance, a ... (more) Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/2/2009

Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat

— swampland.blogs.time.com — Get ready for the standoff of Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out... their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty.  ... (more) Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat

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Roland Burris

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AKHIL AMAR AND JOSH CHAFETZ say that the Senate has the power to exclude Roland Burris. Meanwhile, …
Instapundit — AKHIL AMAR AND JOSH CHAFETZ say that the Senate has the power to exclude Roland Burris. Meanwhile, Ann Althouse has some thoughts. ...

More On The Senate's Power To Review The Blago Appointment Of Burris
TalkLeft — It's fun to read law professor's discuss constitutional issues. It is a different world than litigators like myself get to see. Here is a discussion by Professor Brian Kalt of Amil Akhar and Josh Chafetz article positing that the Senate can stop the Blago appointment of Burris. Discussion on the flip. Professor Kalt writes: The core of their argument is that the Senate can judge the elections and returns of its members, and so "[i]f the Senate may refuse to seat a person picked in a corrupt election, it likewise may refuse to seat a person ...

More opinions on blocking Burris
Daily Kos — Cross-posted from Congress Matters. Coupla Ivy League types think it can be done. Yale's Prof. Akhil Reed Amar and Cornell's Prof. Josh Chafetz say it goes like this: Art. I, sec. 5 says, "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members." What's a "Return?" According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a "Return" in the time of the framers involved a report of an appointment made by a sheriff or other official. ...

More Reading on Burris, and Another Attempt at Legal Analysis
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Since my previous efforts at constitutional analysis have been received with some (warranted) skepticism, let me first point you toward a series of arguments made on either side of the Roland Burris issue by people more qualified to tackle this stuff than I am, and then try and advance a somewhat more sophisticated and legally sound argument. Firstly, some smart folks arguing that the Senate probably does have the right to exclude Burris: Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz, Slate Lyle Dennison, SCOTUSBlog Jack Balkin, Balkinization And here are some other smart folks ...

Democrats may block Burris from seat — physically
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... yesterday; if it’s true that the ratio’s only six to one, his performance must be stratospheric. Consensus legal opinion is that Reid’s stuck with him, but see Slate for a contrarian view arguing that the Senate’s constitutionally entitled to examine the fairness of appointments. I like the idea near the end of passing a resolution now stating that Burris will be ...

The Blago/Burris Circus Continues On
Flopping Aces — ... at least six parts ego to one part performance, a charmless, presumptuous irritant on the stump and at the debate lectern. And that ego is what made him accept Blago’s offer as he tries to stick a thumb in the eye of those who have torn him down. Hell, another black politician had turned down the seat prior to Burris. But not Roland. And for that I’m thankful…..Let Burris have that seat (some say he can’t be denied the seat while others say he can) and a Republican may very well have that seat come 2010: ...

Should Bernie Madoff run an investment fund?
Daily Kos — Earlier, Trapper John presented a case for seating Roland Burris. In this post, I'll offer a case against seating Blago's appointee. Trapper John writes: The simple facts are that Blago is still Governor, the Illinois constitution still calls for gubernatorial appointment to fill US Senate vacancies, and Roland Burris is constitutionally qualified to sit in the Senate. That should be enough to settle the matter. Those facts are true, but not sufficient. Leaving aside the substantive issues at hand, the Senate clearly does have the power to judge the propriety of the ...

If we knew Blago's pick wasn't corrupt, should he still be blocked?
Daily Kos — ... Perhaps the most important part of the Amar and Chafetz argument is that even if we knew for certain that there had been no quid pro quo between Burris and Blago, there would still be very good reason to keep Burris out of the Senate. ...