Seven months after Minnesota's Senate election, the state's highest court hasn't reached a decision but election law experts agree: Norm Coleman doesn’t have a prayer.
These experts see almost no chance Coleman's lawyers will prevail in their appeal to the state’s high court to count more ballots in a bid to erase Al Franken’s slim lead.
Peter Knapp, a professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, pointed to the court's ...
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This election has been over for a long time. Everyone knows that except the former Senator. How long can the obvious be appealed?
This lays out very effective arguments on both sides of the Minnesota US Senate race; I especially like his point that even having a valid legal theory (as Sen. Coleman claims) isn't enough to win a lawsuit.
Edward B. Foley, an election law expert at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, agreed: “Based on the questioning, I’d be surprised if Coleman got a ... More »
Lets hope that if as said the court went into recess with its mind made up that this mess does NOT take 2, 3,, or 4 weeks for them to rule. Enough already, and pray that there is NO room left for an appeal to the Supreme Court.
yes, any exposure of the GOP and Coleman's contempt for the law and the electoral process is good journalism. There needed to be manymore articles about this ugly attempt by the Republicans to overturn the will of the people.
So if the court confirms Franken shouldn't he get his Senate term extended by 7months? If not the GOP manipulation of the law and the electoral process for their political self interest has won a crucial precedent for once again screwing the hapless and gutless Democrats.
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