suntimes.com - 12/31/2008
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Gov. Blagojevich has tried filling Illinois' vacant U.S. Senate seat, but there are strong indications his appointee, Roland Burris, may never get to sit in the chair.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/2/2009
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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, ...
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Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/1/2009
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chicagobreakingnews.com —
Democrat Roland Burris went to the Illinois Supreme
Court today to fight to be seated in the...
U.S. Senate. Burris, appointed by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday to the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama, asked the justices to force ...
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Burris goes to court for Senate seat
huffingtonpost.com - 12/31/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Rod Blagojevich's decision to appoint Roland Burris to
Illinois' vacant Senate seat, even as the governor faces...
intense criminal scrutiny, is being treated as a crazy political power grab. It also seems very likely to be permanent. A legal scholar ...
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Roland Burris Almost Certain To Be Seated, Legal ...
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If The Senate Democrats Accept Lieberman, Why Not Burris?
Firedoglake —
... Now the Senate Democratic Caucus have said they will not let Burris join their exclusive little club. Really? As The Christian Progressive Liberal notes over at Jack & Jill Politics, ...
Hullabaloo —
... Now the Senate Democratic Caucus have said they will not let Burris join their exclusive little club. Really? As The Christian Progressive Liberal notes over at Jack & Jill Politics, ...
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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 ...
What the GOP senators should do about Burris
betsyspage.blogspot.com 1/3/2009 — When Roland Burris shows up at the Senate asking or demanding to be seated, Harry Reid has stated that the Democrats in the Senate will refuse to seat him. There will need to be a vote on the question and the Republicans, although they don't have the ...
Republicans Shouldn't Help Dems Block Burris
news.aol.com 1/1/2009 — The more I think of it, the more convinced I am that the right thing to do is for the U.S. Senate to seat Roland Burris . This, of course, comes with caveats... First, there is currently no indication that Roland Burris has been involved in the ...
Can the Senate not seat Burris?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 12/31/2008 —
From NBC's Pete Williams Earlier this month, Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate strongly suggested that they might refuse to seat anyone appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the Obama vacancy.
But can the Senate do that? ...
More On The Senate's Power To Review The Blago Appointment Of Burris
talkleft.com 1/2/2009 — 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 ...
More Reading on Burris, and Another Attempt at Legal Analysis
fivethirtyeight.com 1/2/2009 — 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 ...
Balkinization
balkin.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — Can The Senate Refuse to Seat Roland Burris? Quite Possibly JB Governor Blagojevich has decided to appoint former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to President Elect Obama's vacant Senate seat. Several commentators have argued that because of ...
Sources: Senate Democrats to block Burris appointment
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/30/2008 — (CNN) — Two Democratic officials tell CNN Senate Democratic leaders are planning to block Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate seat once held by President-elect Obama.
The officials said this has nothing to do with ...
Senator Burris: Much Ado About Little
themoderatevoice.com 12/31/2008 — Both here at TMV and in other locations across the intertubes I’ve been seeing all sorts of protestations, rending of clothing and gnashing of teeth regarding Rod Blagojevich’s decision to appoint Roland Burris to the now vacant Senate ...
Fitzgerald asks for extension to indict —
First Read 12/31/2008
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroU.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked for an extension to indict Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, AP reports.
The extension would give Fitzgerald another 90 days, and would take this into April.
That can't be helpful ...
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