ahhhhh that makes sense. thanks chow lee
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]> wrote: > they think it's plaxico burress and that he's packin' heat. > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Rastafari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i dont get why they are or want to block this guy? >> >> what gives? >> >> tw >> >> Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. >> -- siddhartha gautama >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Curious what everyone thinks. Reid denied him access to the Senate today. >> > Burris says he will consult with lawyers and may sue to be seated. There >> are >> > two Constitutional arguments - one in favor, one against. On the one >> hand, >> > Amendment 17 says that the executive of a state has the sole authority to >> > appoint Senators in the event of a vacancy. On the other hand, Article I, >> > Section 5 says, "Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns >> and >> > qualifications of its own members." >> > >> > This sets up a very interesting legal battle that may well end up in the >> > Supreme Court. >> > >> > My vote is that Burris will be denied. The plain language of Article I, >> > Section 5 gives the Senate the power to disqualify Burris, that's how I >> read >> > it. Of course, it sets up a dangerous procedural precedent that could be >> > used in the future to block someone for purely political reasons. Should >> be >> > interesting to watch. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
