WASHINGTON — Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented. T...
cnn.com | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics
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...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
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.
Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago
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.
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago
Disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Obama's vacant Sen...
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago