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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/2/2009
More Reading on Burris, and Another Attempt at Legal Analysis
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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 ...
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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Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet
suntimes.com - 1/3/2009
Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet
— suntimes.com — NO CIRCUS? | Says he'll try to avoid a scene when he shows up to claim seat... WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris, being Roland Burris, put it to me this way Friday when we talked: "We are the senator." And we, that is he, the former Illinois attorney general, ... (more) Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator'  ...

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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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Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — ... fell more than expected in December, hitting the lowest reading in 28 years as new orders and employment continue to decline. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said Friday its manufacturing index fell to 32.4 in December from 36.2 in November. Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected the reading to fall to 35.5. At 538, Nate has his own take on whether the Senate can exclude Burris, and rounds up 3 pro and 3 con posts from other "smart folks." ...

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The Powell Precedent
lefarkins.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — My vacation has limited my blog reading, so I assume someone else has already discussed this. But since I haven't seen it much, I feel compelled to point out that missed in many discussions about the Burris appointment is the fact that the Senate is ...
Analysis: Must Senate seat Burris?
scotusblog.com 1/1/2009 — 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 ...