Franken, Coleman Prep For Arguments Before Minnesota Supreme Court On Monday

The Hill:

Monday's oral arguments before the Minnesota Supreme Court may finally bring an end to the state's protracted Senate race, and both sides are proclaiming readiness.

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Comments

[GQB]

01:20 PM on 06/02/2009

I think it may be as likely as not that the Supreme Court would refuse to even hear the appeal.
1) the facts just aren't there to justify it (I believe that the MN Supreme Court was required to hear it, but am not sure.)
2) they're quite aware of the stain Bush v Gore left on the SCOTUS... they may want to avoid another such debacle.

[graceland9]

10:45 AM on 06/01/2009

Which comes first? Wil Franken be in the Senate to approve Sotomayor? Or will she be in the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote seating Senator Franken?

[Colmore]

10:24 PM on 05/31/2009

Do those teeth glow in the dark??

[grdavis1019]

10:05 AM on 06/01/2009

Get in the unemployement line with the rest of the Americans....a mess caused by your parrty the last 8 years.

[Grunty1]

10:30 AM on 06/01/2009

Except that Colmore is likely talking about Coleman, the Rushpublican...

[brandnewstuff]

10:14 PM on 05/31/2009

OMG! Well I can trust the GOP can accomplish nothing!!!!! Senator Al Frankin I can't wait for you to have your seat- It should be a day on the calendar--geeezzzz

[Totallyorderless]

09:30 PM on 05/31/2009

Senator Al Franken. Will the republican nightmares ever end. No no no! Go Al go!

[poochytown]

08:59 PM on 05/31/2009

Al Franken would make a fantastic public servant. He's principled, fearless, smart, informed, civic-minded and brooks no guff.

[libwingoflibwing]

08:15 PM on 05/31/2009

If Coleman appeals in Federal Court, I hope that the Franken campaign petitions the SCOTUS to hear the case immediately as a drawn out process is an undue hardship on the people of Minnesota. The Bush campaign got the Supreme Court to hear their case in 2000 immediately. There's no reason Franken can't do that too. There doesn't need to be a long drawn out process.

[roshni]

08:21 PM on 05/31/2009

Can't Pawlenty certify Franken if he wins in the MN SC? We should be putting the pressure on Pawlenty to seat Franken.

[BLBass]

09:38 PM on 05/31/2009

He can, the question is will he?

[AdamND]

09:59 PM on 05/31/2009

Pawlenty hopes that the MN SC will kick it back down to the 3 judge court panel to re look at the case thus putting everything on hold yet again and hopes that they would have to repetition the MN SC yet again and take another 2 months to be reheard.

[RickCoMatic]

09:52 PM on 05/31/2009

This Case will never go before the US Supreme Court. The Case is about who won an Election for Senate. The Constitution does not allow the Supreme Court to be involved. The Senate will be where the Matter is taken up.
The matter of Coleman v. Franken ends with the decision of the Minn Supreme Court.

Beyond the Minn Supreme Court the Case must be Coleman v. Reality, ... or, Coleman v. The State Legislature of Minnesota, ... or, Coleman v. The US Senate

[Grunty1]

10:32 AM on 06/01/2009

[The Case is about who won an Election]

Bush vs Gore.

[jimfl]

07:00 PM on 05/31/2009

The voters in Minnesota are such a bunch of wimps to let this go on and not start screaming. WIMPS I SAY

[macbabe]

07:18 PM on 05/31/2009

Will it EVER end... guess no one has the the B A L L S to end it, such is politics I guess, sad but true.

[Phalanxman]

06:47 PM on 05/31/2009

After a quarter century in the law, I can say there is a legal maxim for almost every situation. And many of them are contradictory to others. Oh, well, that's the law for you. But one of those old saws is that, "Any person who acts as his own attorney has a fool for a client." This one is, more often that not, true. Good luck to Al Franken and the good people of Minnesota. America will be a better place with Norm Coleman out of politics.

[poochytown]

09:07 PM on 05/31/2009

Sorry if this is a repeat, but the adage is "Any person who acts as his own attorney has a fool for a lawyer."

[MoeJava]

06:47 PM on 05/31/2009

When Franken wins, will his Senate paycheck be back-dated to Nov 08?
Will Coleman have to repay any earnings since he lost in Nov 08?

Enquiring minds need to know.....

[macbabe]

07:19 PM on 05/31/2009

thats my question too.. Franken should get an additional year on his term because of all the B S!!

[OKnight]

06:41 PM on 05/31/2009

then federal appeals court, then the supra court....then it's 2010.

[donttasemebro]

10:29 AM on 06/01/2009

... at which time Franken will still have 4 years left of his term.

[Wallysmom]

06:11 PM on 05/31/2009

As much of a die-hard Democrat that I am, and as much as I think Coleman lost, I think the Democrats and the media should prepare themselves for a possible loss. Over confidence has killed more than a few political dreams. Currently I am reading a book by John Grisham, the Appeal, It reminded me how much money, affluence and dirty tricks can slant an election. Franken should not be absent during the hearings, it shows a lack of interest in the outcome. There is nothing that I would put past the GOP machine. Nothing is over until its over.

[doneflyin]

08:12 PM on 05/31/2009

Agree. If it goes to the right leaning Supreme Court, Coleman will be jobbed into the position just like Bush was.

[roshni]

08:22 PM on 05/31/2009

He will be appointed by the likes of Clarence and Scalia if it goes to the SC.

[bibb]

06:09 PM on 05/31/2009

All the time and money waster, because this man's ego cannot accept defeat.

Show some grace and dignity, Norm, and admit that you lost.

[imsosure]

06:05 PM on 05/31/2009

Coleman need to have a public sector job for once in his life. Then if he ran for office again he'd at least have a partial clue about what it's like to not live off the government.

[mudshark12]

05:47 PM on 05/31/2009

Hopefully this will be Normie's final WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!