skippy the bush kangaroo: yes! senator franken!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

yes! senator franken!

Al Franken
Originally uploaded by Aaron Landry

the voters and the mn court say he's good enough...he's smart enough...and gosh darn it, he's going to washington, d.c.

editor's addendum: the minnesota supreme court unanimously rejected norm coleman's appeal. star-trib:

the minnesota supreme court ruled today that democrat al franken won the u.s. senate election and said he is entitled to an election certificate that would lead to him being seated in the senate.

"affirmed," wrote the supreme court, unanimously rejecting republican norm coleman's claims that inconsistent practices by local elections officials and wrong decisions by a lower court had denied him victory.

"al franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled [under minnesota law] to receive the certificate of election as united states senator from the state of minnesota," the court wrote.

in upholding a lower court ruling in april, the justices said coleman had "not shown that the trial court's findings of fact are clearly erroneous or that the court committed an error of law or abused its discretion."

but the court did not grant franken's bid to make its ruling effective immediately, leaving a window for an appeal by coleman before gov. tim pawlenty is required to issue an election certificate.

of course, if gov. pawlenty is a man of his word, he will go by the court's decision.

but don't hold your breath. pawlenty is, after all, a repubbblican.

posted by Cookie Jill at 11:49 AM |