Senator Roland Burris

Civil Rights Icon Rev. Barrow Looks Back

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lonna Saunders

As her goddaughter, I don't think of civil rights leader Rev. Willie Barrow as "The Little Warrior" so much as "The Little Engine that Could."

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Bill: Roland Burris Joins The Fight To End DADT

Posted 05.25.2011

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Even though President Obama and the majority of the American people want Don't Ask, Don't Tell gone, there has yet to be much movement on the issue of...

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Burris Is An Outcast In Clubby Senate: AP

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented. T...

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Burris' Fate Could Be Decided Monday

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fate of Senate-appointee Roland Burris could be decided as soon as Monday, Democratic sources said, as the Senate's Parliamentarian and legal coun...

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Senate Violates the Constitution in Turning Away Roland Burris

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

From a legal and Constitutional perspective, the question of whether or not Burris should be allowed to take his seat as the Junior Senator from Illinois is not especially difficult. He should.

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Mr. Burris Goes to Washington

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

Where others had the moral wherewithal to turn down the Senate seat, this appointee carries the same sense of defiance and entitlement as the appointer.

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ROLAND BURRIS: Who Is Blagojevich's Pick For Illinois Senator? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Obama's vacant Sen...

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