Coleman files Supreme Court brief

[babylonsister]

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/30/coleman-files-supreme-court-brief/

Coleman files Supreme Court brief
@ 4:15 pm by Michael O'Brien


Former Sen. Norm Coleman's (R) campaign filed its appeal with the Minnesota Supreme Court Thursday, arguing that state canvassers failed to count votes in a uniform manner in the contested Senate race.

Coleman argued that state courts used different standards in accepting absentee ballots and that the court's own rulings on the legality of votes where in error.

A three-judge panel overhearing Coleman's challenge to Democrat Al Franken concluded that Franken had a 312-vote lead in the contested race.

The state Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for early June. Visit the Minnesota state courts' website for more information on the filing.

[graywarrior]

1. The republican party is behind this, I swear

Stalling stalling stalling.

[The Magistrate]

2. Telling The Court Its Own Rulings Were Wrong, Ma'am

Is right up there with pissing into the wind....

[Ian David]

3. He should file a lawsuit against the judges! That would be a great use of his time and money! N/T

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. It certainly could not be a worse use n/t

[gratuitous]

4. The votes have been counted, re-counted and hand counted

The people of the State of Minnesota deserve to have the winner certified. Isn't that the tune you were playing on election night, Mr. Coleman? What changed your rock-ribbed eternal Republican principles? Oh, the fact that once all the ballots were counted, you had lost? Gee, how convenient that you've had a change of heart now.

And, now that you've lost, like any good Republican, you want to change the rules of the game so that you can engineer a victory out of defeat. James Baker III would be sooooo proud.

[movonne]

5. Didn't Franken file a lawsuit that if he won he could get Coleman

to pay the legal bills...does anyone know if he got that...

[droidamus2]

7. Wait a minute

This case has to do with the seating of a United States Senator why the hell does it take till early June for the damn Minnesota Supreme Court to hear oral arguments. This case should be expedited at the greatest possible speed. Franken should have been seated in January so 5 months later their still going to be dilly-dallying around. The three judge panel should put this case at the top of their schedule and make their decision as quickly as possible.

[tekisui]

8. The MN Supreme Court will uphold the ruling, and that is the end

of Coleman's line. An appeal the the Supreme Court of the US will not see the light of day.

[rd_kent]

9. I dont understand....

this had dragged on for MONTHS now, and the Supreme Court of Minn wont hear arguments until EARLY JUNE!?!?!? WTF!!??!! Why dont they hear it next week and get the fucking thing over with?

[babylonsister]

10. I don't understand that either. Makes no sense. nt

[niyad]

12. question--who appointed those three judges, and what is their background? are we

going to see a repeat of scotus 12/11/2001?

[TwilightZone]

14. Considering the usual speed of the justice system...

That's probably not all that bad. A little more than a month is a very short period of time in many court systems.

[rd_kent]

17. Sure, a month isnt that big of a deal

when its only a month. This is ADDING a month to the tally of 5 months already passed.

[Bucky]

11. Well thank God, finally! The end is in sight.

[MiniMe]

13. I don't really want to know anything about Norm's briefs

:puke:

Oh, you're talking about the lawsuit. Never mind.

[damntexdem]

15. His shorts still in a twist, he filed his brief.

But there has been nothing at all brief about his delaying-tactic campaign.

[TahitiNut]

16. It'll be fascinating to see how Justice Alan Page votes and if he writes an opinion.

Very impressive fellow. Very impressive indeed.

[peekaloo]

18. Headline: Coleman sacked by Purple People Eater.

:-)

[Robeson]

20. I love that headline!...

...make it so!

[Blackhatjack]

19. Bottom line: Repubs will keep this spinning in the courts as long as possible...

Repubs will oppose every Democratic action as is clear from their record so far.

The Senate Leadership needs to bite the bullet and decide who won the election and seat them.

Republicans will scream bloody murder, but so be it. Democrats won't be losing any Repub votes on future bills anyway.

Time to put it to rest as soon as the Minn SCT rules in favor of Franken.

IF the Senate acts, the SCOTUS would have a difficult time overturning Senate action as they have the power to determine who is seated. And historically the SCOTUS shies away from entering into cases where the issues involve any kind of political questions. It is highly likely they would either refuse to accept the case or declare the issue moot.