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adn.com - 10/28/2008
Stevens could keep seat in Senate: Politics
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Can Sen. Ted Stevens still run for office after being convicted by a jury on Monday? Yes. Can a re-elected Stevens keep his seat in the Senate if he loses on appeal? Doubtful, but that would be up to his fellow senators. If Stevens were to resign from his seat or be expelled, how would a ...
politico.com - 10/29/2008
A growing chorus for Stevens to resign
— politico.com — McCain, Obama and three other senators call for Stevens to resign, but he says he plans to... stay. (more) A growing chorus for Stevens to resign

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 10/28/2008
Curious
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — Why is it, exactly, that while Sen. McCain called for Sen. Ted Stevens to resign in the... wake of his corruption convictions, Gov. Palin couldn't bring herself to utter the word?  Will the media interpret this as a disagreement between the ... (more) Curious

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news.yahoo.com - 10/27/2008
Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate race - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON Ted Stevens , a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska... politics almost since statehood, was convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption charges Monday — found guilty of accepting a bonanza of home renovations and ... (more) Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate race - ...

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Top of the Ticket:  John McCain calls for Ted Stevens to quit; Sarah Palin doesn't go quite that far

Stubborn Facts:  Taking the initiative

The Corner on National Review Online:  Re: Whom to Appoint?

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John McCain calls for Ted Stevens to quit; Sarah Palin doesn't go quite that far
Top of the Ticket — ... Were Stevens to win reelection, both federal law and Alaska's statutes leave what would happen after that very much up in the air, as spelled out here. ...

Taking the initiative
Stubborn Facts — ... The Seventeenth Amendment provides that when a vacancy occurs in the Senate, "the legislature ... may empower the [Governor] ... to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct." In 2004, Alaska's legislature passed a law so empowering the Governor, but a subsequent ballot initiative purported to withold that authority. If Sen. Stevens resigns, does Gov. Palin have authority to appoint a replacement per the statute, or not, by force of the more recent initiative? ...

Re: Whom to Appoint?
The Corner on National Review Online — ... , there's some confusion on how a replacement for Stevens would be chosen should he win and his seat then become vacant. The Anchorage Daily News from October 28: Can a re-elected Stevens keep his seat in the Senate if he loses on appeal? Doubtful, but that would be up to his fellow senators. If Stevens were to resign from his seat or be expelled, how would a replacement be chosen? Nobody can say for sure. That's because Alaska's law on senatorial succession was changed twice in 2004 once by the Legislature, and once by ballot initiative. Both laws call for a special ...

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