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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:44 AM
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Will today be Al Franken's day?
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2009/jun17/3338/two-sources-supreme-court-ruling-u-s-senate-race-arrive-tomorrow

PIM has now heard from two sources on different sides of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race recount scene that the final Minnesota Supreme Court ruling is expected to arrive tomorrow, Thursday, June 18th. The ruling could arrive between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., a shift from the earlier deadline of 5 p.m. (The PioPress' Rachel Stassen-Berger said it was because the clerks head out at 4:30.) The official Senate race judicial information page is here, and this is the RSS feed which would likely carry the notification.


A little more at link.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:56 AM
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1. I hope so - Al might die of old age before this fiasco is over.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:58 AM
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2. I hope he sues for back-pay from when he should have taken office
Normie owes him that, too..
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:04 AM
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3. I believe that if Al prevails then Norm is liable for Al's legal costs
And you know that bill will light up their asses.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:07 AM
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4. Wasn't Normie already ordered to pay $95,000 of Franken's costs?
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abluelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:58 AM
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5. And I Hope His Term is Extended.
It seems to me he is entitled to six years in the Senate, from the date he starts.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 08:59 AM
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6. The MN Supreme Court usually announces opinions at
10 AM on Thursday. Here's the link to the SCOMN media page, where pdfs of opinions are posted:

http://www.mncourts.gov/?page=230

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to watching this page closely at 10 AM.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:36 AM
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7. 10:30 am EST, nothing about Franken-Coleman there.
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Voltaire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:43 AM
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8. I think MN is on Central Time
So it will be about 15 minutes from now (10:43) Eastern, if they are going at 10 Central.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:04 AM
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10. Well, today's opinions and orders have been posted and I don't see anything re: Coleman
Does the case have a title that's more obscure than "Coleman v. ___" ???
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:07 AM
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11. That should find it - you'd think
The announcement implies that it might be rolled out on its own at any time today (while people are still working) but I have no idea if the source is reliable or not. I did note that they do give the full document history of the dispute and that gave me reason to believe they were legitimate. Hope so.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:23 AM
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14. Well, I look forward to anything Alan Page might write about it.
No matter how it's parsed, I'm confident that Justice Page would have an erudite and well-reasoned opinion, if he cares to weigh in. (Needless to say, I have a great deal of respect for that man.)
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:18 AM
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13. Looks like no joy today, unless they issue the opinion
later today. It didn't come out in the normal opinion postings, though. They can, and do, publish opinions at other times in "time-sensitive" cases, as they say on the site.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:09 AM
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12. Oooops. I should learn my time zones.
Edited on Thu Jun-18-09 10:14 AM by ThomWV
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:49 AM
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9. Are we there, yet?
I can't wait until we have a comedian as a senator. Those people need to laugh at themselves. Seriously.
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Hokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:17 AM
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15. Guess this story turned out to be wrong
Hopefully, they were only off by a day. I know courts move at their deliberate speed but this court is not doing the people of Minnesota nor the country a service by taking almost three weeks to rule. They certainly know all the facts in this case as they have ruled on various motions at least two other times. The contest court had two of their own as judges and worte a very thorough and well documented opinion. What the heck is taking so long?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:25 AM
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16. Trust me, the court wants to end this.
And the best way to do it is to come back with a ruling so comprehensive, so utterly dismissive of Normie's pathetic claims, that it will settle the issue once and for all. It will force Pawlenty to sign the election certificate, and we can get on with it. They are taking their time to do it right.
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Hokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:48 AM
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17. There was an update added yesterday on the same link
"5 p.m. update: PIM now hears that the decision will be unanimous and is now under a "gang edit" at the Minnesota Judicial Center. More here. Decision likely next week."
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:55 AM
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18. does al get paid retroactively for the full year, once he's sworn in?
or does the clock only start after he's officially sworn in?
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Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 10:27 AM
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19. Any more rumors of when the court will rule?
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