Coleman Asks Minnesota Court for New Chance to Overtake Franken

[sabra]

Source: Bloomberg

Coleman, Franken Case Argued at Minnesota’s Top Court (Update1)

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Norm Coleman asked the Minnesota Supreme Court for another chance to overtake Democrat Al Franken in the seven-month legal fight for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Coleman’s lawyer urged the justices to throw out a lower court ruling that declared Franken the winner of the Nov. 4 election, and to require the counting of hundreds of absentee ballots that were ruled invalid. Coleman lawyer Joseph Friedberg argued that absentee ballots in different parts of the state were treated differently.

“We have significant disenfranchisement,” Friedberg told the court during arguments today in St. Paul. “Depending on where you sleep, that depends on whether your vote gets counted.”

Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, said the only issue is how many ballots were properly cast for each candidate. “The question answers itself,” he said. “Al Franken received more lawfully cast ballots on Election Day than did Senator Coleman.” Franken is asking the justices to order him certified the winner.



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[NC_Nurse]

1. Go away, Norm. You suck.

[onehandle]

2. Norm Loserman. nt

[HillbillyBob]

3. Hypocrite, they have not been too worked up about

the thousands of dems that have been disenfranchised over the last 30 years of rpig election fraud.

[Wizard777]

4. .This is not a Presidential election. SCOTUS cannot decide this. It must be decided by the Senate.

Article I, Section 5. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide.

So Bush V. Gore is irrelevant to this case.

[Sydnie]

5. The justices said much the same thing today as well

That the Senate could do what it wanted to do, regardless of the findings of these proceedings in this court.

[Wizard777]

8. The only thing I can see SCOTUS doing in this case is establishing a bright line.

They could hear the case just long enough to determine that all State appeals have been exhausted. That SCOTUS has no authority to hear the case beyond determining that all state appeals have been exhausted. This race and case must now be determined by the Senate. If they even do that. But that's about the only thing they can do. Affirm the Senates right to determine the winner.

[AlinPA]

39. That means a filibuster by the republicans. 59-40. Ugly. No republican will

break filibuster.

[Wizard777]

41. Yes it will be Ugly. Let them filibuster. America is obviously sick & tired of their Nastiness.

So we should have their asses plastered across the evening news everytime they show it. The vote on deciding the election should be the first order of business on Monday morning. Then we can keep their asses on the front page all week.

[earcandle]

18. what happened to the number of ballots voted by the people? Don't they count anymore? this is

blatant politics holding Franken back.  WTF? 

[Thor_MN]

36. You do know this currently has nothing to do with the SCOTUS?

The case is currently in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court. The SCOTUS is not involved (yet). I don't doubt that Norm will try to take it to the SCOTUS when he gets slapped down by the SCOM.

I don't think that Pawlenty will have the cojones to hold up the election certificate once the Minnesota Court tells Norm to act like a grown-up, but you never know.

[liberal N proud]

6. Fucking cry baby

Would someone please stick a plug in this idiot.

[asjr]

7. Coleman must be the Repubs '

designated troublemaker.

[Festivito]

10. He's their great right hope. /nt

[Festivito]

9. Didn't Bush v Gore hold votes at what was counted?

Why would Coleman argue that the votes as counted should remain. Although, there was a clock to run out in the presidential election, which the five Republican appointed members of SCOTUS did run out, giving from 10PM to midnight to count six million votes -- an impossibility. Here there is no clock running out. Franken wins with the current vote.

So, further, the statewide recount is already done, and Franken won that.

So, I'm gathering that all Coleman could have is a bunch of faulty ballots questionably cast and invalidated all for good reasons that even Coleman's camp agreed were faulty from the start.

And we still wait for this. I call foul play.

[Plucketeer]

11. Coleman's just a stupid pawn here

He knows he lost. It's the Right's efforts here, not Coleman's. They'll prop up Norm's invalid argument as looooooooooooooooooooooooong as they can. It's another trick of their's to inhibit the work of the Dems (as called out by the majority of voters last year). Again, the party of the minority is calling the shots! What an incredible, indefensible, infantile irony.

[NashVegas]

12. FUCKING ENOUGH ALREADY!

[defendandprotect]

13. Hang in their Al -- May only be a few months, another year or so -- !!!

GOP "wins" elections any way it can -- !!!

[jimnasium]

22. Good thing Senate seats are 6-year terms.

Or Al would already be running for re-election.

Norm = Pathetic.

[tomm2thumbs]

14. before you know it, it'll be time for another election with more delayed results

Coleman should live up to his name and pack up his tent and go home.

[bdamomma]

15. what thugs they are, stealing elections that is the only illegal way they win.

nothing like having a vendetta against another political party to stop them from getting that 60th vote. what pigs!!!

[tabbycat31]

16. give it up already

[florida08]

17. yeah

it's going back to the Minnesota Supreme Court today whether to uphold the lower court ruling that declared Franken the winner. Watch this one folks. Recent polls show that Minnesotans want this to end saying Coleman should concede. 2/3 believe Franken is the winner. Justice Dietzen is himself a two-time Norm Coleman donor! But hasn't recused himself.

[byronius]

19. Senator Franken is apparently the Great Death-Blow. It'll be an excellent day.

I have confidence that it's going to happen. And when it does, watch the GOP scream in mortal agony.

Although I don't equate the two men at all, imagine our feeling if Glenn Beck were elected to the Senate, providing a clear majority, sort of.

[HopeHoops]

20. Blow it out your ass, Norm. You wimp.

WHAAAAAAA!! WHAAAAA!!!

[jimnasium]

21. Disenfranchisement bullshit!

Next thing you know, anyone who voted for the loser in an election will be "disenfranchised."

Either provide some proof or STFU. Minnesota deserves their just representation in the Senate.

[Iliyah]

23. In other words

CHEAT

[AlexDeLarge]

24. I read somewhere that the cost of these Coleman shenanigans

is $50M(?). Will the RNC or the Coleman campaign be charged for these 'court' costs or will the people of Minnesota foot the bill for the loserman's temper tantrum/bruised ego trip?

[KamaAina]

25. Nah-ah! No do-overs!

Someone ought to call Norm a....

[sonias]

26. You lost Norm get over it

And stop wasting tax payer money!


Sonia

[GeorgeGist]

27. Call it a day, Coleman ...

you need to sleep off your hangover.

[Dinger]

28. Please Kick This (Again) If You're So Inclined

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Thank you.

[Gregorian]

29. AND WHERE WERE YOU IN 2000!

Yeah, right. You wanted to recount the votes. NOT!

Go away.

[w4rma]

33. Coleman didn't even want the votes counted in this race until the votes put him behind. (nt)

[Gregorian]

34. I know. So transparent. Thank you for that reminder.

ARGH!

[SpartanDem]

30. So how long before they make a decision?

[Habibi]

31. Just curious--

are there any protests outside Norm's MN offices about this? This seems to call for one of those saucepan-banging-type dealies. Give it UP, Normie!

[Octafish]

32. 2014

Between now and then, Norm, get a real job.

[fascisthunter]

35. selling used cars(lemons)

[Doctor_J]

37. I predict Franken will never take his seat in the Senate

if he was going to, it would have happened already. Our party is so weak that we let elections be stolen and do nothing about it.

[Cha]

38. I predict you're

wrong.

[AlinPA]

40. If it is to be decided by the US Senate, it stops at filibuster, 59-40.