Brown win could spark legal battle

Politico ^ | January 17, 2010 | Chris Frates & Manu Raju

[jazusamo]

Please bump the Freepathon and donate if you haven’t done so!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Brown win could spark legal battle”

Color me stuned.

[teletech]

Here we go. (Sigh)

[BunnySlippers]

BUMP

[jazusamo]

Yep, me too. This will be a real can of worms.

[Gay State Conservative]

If Martha loses watch for every oily RAT lawyer from Hawaii to Maine to jump into this case.

[KeyLargo]

Democrats Plot Healthcare End Run if GOP Wins in Massachusetts
Sunday, 17 Jan 2010 07:10 PM
NEWSMAX.COM

BOSTON – A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action.

[Jmouse007]

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles! I just got off the phone with my 88 year-old father; a died in the wool, life-long democrat who was born in and has lived in Mass for over 70 years. HE HAS NEVER VOTED FOR A REPUBLICAN… NEVER. After polite chit chat about the NFL play off games I dared broach the subject and asked him if he was going to vote on Tuesday (every time “politics” have come up in the past he has berated me with tirades about those “evil republicans”). Well, he came right out and told me… “I AM going to vote on Tuesday and I am seriously thinking of voting for Scott Brown.” Needless to say I was and am totally ASTONISHED… ASTONISHED (I did not let him know in the least and kept my heart-felt joy and enthusiasm at his answer to my self so as to not “scare him off”)!

I tactfully asked him WHY he was going to vote for Brown and his answer was: “Because of the healthcare bill Obama is trying to pass.” I carefully agreed with him and reinforced the fact that Obama wants to gut Medicare/Medicaid by taking away 500 BILLION DOLLARS from the system and that if he adds 40 million people to the rolls, especially illegal aliens the health care system would collapse… I told him that Brown is an honorable man and that he is totally opposed to the “healthcare” bill and would vote against it… MY DAD AGREED! I was flabbergasted!

If my own father; a life-long Massachusetts FDR Democrat who has voted for EVERY Kennedy, Kerry/democrat to ever come down the pike, is going to vote for Scott Brown, a REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE OF HIS OPPOSITION TO Obama and his evil healthcare debacle then things are looking VERY promising for Scott Brown and we could all be in for an incredible victory on Tuesday. To this end I am fervently praying.

[McGavin999]

Ummm, yes, in a close election it could spark a recount. Is 10% a close election?

[shield]

Praise The Lord...how wonderful...I’m thrilled for you. I believe this is what is happening all over Mass.

[ChrisInAR]

"...Kirk will no longer be a senator after election day, period."

Sounds to me like they are grasping @ straws. Won't Kirk remain Senator until Brown is sworn-in?

[jazusamo]

Amen to that and thanks for your post. It looks like many died in the wool Democrats are having the same thoughts.

[Eddie01]

Brown win could spark civil war.

[Mobties]

You'd think the victor in a contested election might have more legitimacy than a political appointee serving until such an election was held.

The magnitude of Brown's win and the extent of any obvious procedural delays will probably be remembered in the fall when elections are next held, about nine months from now.

There wouldn't seem to be much point in being particularly nice to Barack if all he can do for your political career is deliver the kind of dull, rambling, yawn inducing speech he produced today for Martha Coakley. The SEIU and Acorn troops are going to be spread pretty thin this November, anyway.

[jazusamo]

I believe you’re right. They’ve blatantly refused to uphold the rule of law over the last year and won’t change now.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

So much for it being the “peoples” seat.

[shield]

NO...he will not. He is out. Here are two links read both of them and you'll understand...he is no longer a senator Wednesday....state certification does not matter...this is the 17th Amendment to the Constitution..it is very clear.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/gop-attorneys-mass-dem-senator-kirk-cant-vote-after-tuesday/
http://www.d1040331.dotsterhost.com/applications/serendipity/index.php?/archives/197-Can-Senator-Kirk-Vote-after-January-19.html

[C210N]

Won't Kirk remain Senator until Brown is sworn-in?

There was some postings earlier that strongly opined Kirk was senator only until his successor's election and qualification. OTOH, a Scott Brown win would mean Scott would not be seated until certified. This leaves a window where the seat is unoccupied, since at the end of Tuesday, with a Scott win, Scott will have been elected... AND qualified (right age, citizen, etc).