Minnesota – The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that Democrat Al Franken won the U.S. Senate election and said he was entitled to an election certificate that would lead to him being seated in the Senate.
“Affirmed,” wrote the Supreme Court, unanimously rejecting Republican Norm Coleman’s claims that inconsistent practices by local elections officials and wrong decisions by a lower court had denied him victory.
“Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled [under Minnesota law] to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota,” the court wrote.
In upholding a lower court ruling in April, the justices said Coleman had “not shown that the trial court’s findings of fact are clearly erroneous or that the court committed an error of law or abused its discretion.”
(Source: Star Tribune)
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Does this give the Democrats a filibuster proof majority?
#1 – if the US Senate were the House of Commons, 60 Democrats would be a “filibuster proof majority” but in the US there is no party discipline (each district picks in a primary), so the combination of “blue dog” democrats and moderate republicans end up deciding things.
Minnesota is getting what they deserve.
Hashem Yirachem
Explain what you mean by “Minnesota gets what it deserves?”
have you ever been to Minnesota- cherrybim?
Franken was a comedy writer and in the cast of Saturday Night Live MANY years ago. He was funny as a comic – the problem is, he IS a JOKE as a politician! He’s so far to the left its a miracle he doesn’t tip over!!!
Pretty sad …
Franken is a Yid, but a big liberal, the loser, Cloeman is also a Yid, who is not only maniech Tefillin kol yoim a friend of the Jews and Israel!
Could this be the beginning of another “Al Franken Decade”.