Senator Franken Update: oral arguments June 1 in state SC

[Undercurrent]

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota will head into the summer months without a second U.S. senator under the Supreme Court's schedule for hearing Republican Norm Coleman's appeal.

The court said Friday that it wouldn't hold oral arguments until June 1. It's later than Democrat Al Franken had hoped. In the meantime, the two sides will file their briefs.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124058453415953017.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[PBS Poll-435]

1. This is beginning to approach absurdity.

So oral arguments are 6/1, how long do you think it will take for an opinion?

[TheCoxwain]

2. If this were a congress seat - then we would have lost 25% of the term.

[TheCoxwain]

3. I just hope pawlenty gets fed-up and signs the election certificate.

[high density]

4. June 1??

That's not acceptable. I know the GOP is corrupt and morally bankrupt as shit, but I can't believe somebody in the party can't convince this moron Coleman to GIVE IT UP. The Democrats need to start pounding this issue on a national level. We cannot let the will of the voters be hung up by endless litigation. This should have been solved by January.

[ejpoeta]

9. why would they? as long as franken is stuck in this, he is not being seated as a senator

and therefore the dems don't have another senator for votes. what would it be?? 59? they want this to drag out.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. I wish the citizens could sue claiming taxation without representation...so everything would have to

be settled in a timely manner....
No hearings until JUNE!!?? That is ridiculous!!!
If I lived in Minn..and especially if I voted for Franken..I would be livid..
Wait....I am livid and I do not even live in Minn....

[opihimoimoi]

6. The GOP Bullies Trait::: If I go down...so does everyone else: FUCK PARTY and FUCK STATE

Fuck Country too"

Thus is what assholes do....thats NORMIE....how can the Pubs continue to support this Evil Bully?

[LiberalFighter]

7. Minnesota citizens need to ridicule their state supreme court for being ineffective and lazy.

[ejpoeta]

8. at this point a cynic might think that coleman is just trying to keep franken from being

seated because then the dems would have another senator, not that he ACTUALLY thinks he should win. i hope coleman loses AND destroys his chance at any future political career in the process as his thank you for this baloney.

[Terran]

10. I guess five million people not being represented properly

in the US Senate is less important than Norm Coleman's ego. Jeez, if I lived there I'd be pretty outraged by now.

[damntexdem]

11. It's time for Reid to insist that Franken be seated.

Let the Rethugs filibuster until they turn blue -- don't back off, make them filibuster.

[ShortnFiery]

17. Good luck with that ... if "Give em hell" Harry is too chicken-shit to filibuster Alito and is

seemingly scared shitless to allow a commission re: torture, good luck he has "the stones" to demand that a fellow senator be seated. :(

[opihimoimoi]

12. GOP, The Leaderless Party.....Unable to MUZZLE LOOSE CANNONS like Normie and Bachmann

will continue to pay the price of Stubborness...more election losses.

Bulliness is out of vogue....the Pubs did not get memo...

Yet, the continuing of Bully signs baffle the interested....why would they persist with a losing strategy??

Is it a collective DEATH WISH?

[kskiska]

13. Then Coleman will file at SCOTUS

and they're on vacation till fall…

[davidpdx]

14. This is fucking ridiculous

Are they even going to seat Al before the next election?

[Cha]

15. Jim Tedisco just graciously

conceded in the 20th District, New York..to Scott Murphy. Yay!

This will be something to hold him up to whether he pays attention or not.

[firedupdem]

16. Ridiculous! Why isn't anybody speaking up about this? What

the hell?

[Festusss]

18. This is ridiculous

There's nothing that can't be done about this?