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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Politics Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)

Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:52 AM

It's unanimous:

The Minnesota Supreme Court has handed down its much-expected ruling in the heavily-litigated Minnesota Senate race from 2008—and it's a unanimous one—deciding against Republican former Sen. Norm Coleman's appeal of his defeat in the election trial and affirming the lower court's verdict that Democratic comedian Al Franken is the legitimate winner of the race.

The courts finds that "Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled under Minn. Stat. § 204C.40 (2008) to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota." This means that when Franken is ultimately seated, the Democrats will have 60 seats and be able to beat any Republican filibuster if they stay completely united (though good luck with that, obviously.)


But it ain't over. More details at TPM.

 

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1
Al's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggonit the MN Supremes like him.
Posted by a.O on June 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM · Report
2
I love Franken. I now have an official favorite Senator EVAR!
Posted by Abusive on June 30, 2009 at 12:51 PM · Report
3
People of Minnesota: what the FUCK is the matter with you? What makes you think a comedian is qualified to be a Senator? I guess you'll get the representation you deserve.
Posted by mr. voluptuous on June 30, 2009 at 1:31 PM · Report
4
What makes this comedian Senator any different from the other 99 comedians that call themselves Senators? At least he's up front about it.
Posted by BenMcleod on June 30, 2009 at 3:11 PM · Report
5
Say Mr. V,

Minnesota already had a wrestler as governor, so what's the problem?
Posted by Gorilla Monsoon on June 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM · Report
6
Democrats = Republicans
Posted by NIG GER on June 30, 2009 at 7:40 PM · Report
7
How many Paultards we got in the house today?
Posted by BlackedOut on June 30, 2009 at 9:52 PM · Report

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