Because he was appointed by a crooked creep who tainted the appointment process (and therefore his appointments are suspect of that corruption)
I don't think he will get seated. It is too good a grandstand for the rest of the senators to say "we hate corruption, look at us". And for the repubs, it delays seating another dem. And the repubs are still hoping to force a special election where they can try to steal the seat. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM, 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:283950 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
