Don, I read the decision as a real knock on the U....

2009-01-09T17:49:00.000-05:00

Don, I read the decision as a real knock on the U.S. Senate. When you look at it the way this court did, I think it was absolutely right in declining to issue a writ of mandamus, effectively caving to the absurd demand of the U.S. Senate in this case. The Secretary of State did accept and record the appointment and allow the state seal to be affixed to it, albeit without his signature. It's a simple interpretation of what the law required in this case. The governor is the only real person with the power of appointment to act in this case. He did all that he could to carry out his act. If the Senate doesn't agree to accept the appointment, Burris will have to take his case to the federal courts.

Fascinating! Looks like a very well reasoned deci...

2009-01-09T17:34:00.000-05:00

Fascinating! Looks like a very well reasoned decision to me, although in the absence of knowing the specific wording of the Illinois statutes cited I would have lost a bundle, 'cause I would have bet the farm that mandamus would have been in order here.

I suspect it won't go that far, but do you think the federal courts would wade into the narrow issue the Illinois Supreme Court seems to have handed them?

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Don, I read the decision as a real knock on the U....

Fascinating! Looks like a very well reasoned deci...