Posted on 02/03/2010 10:40:17 AM PST by GLDNGUN
>> the Senate can disregard the injunction from the Supreme Court but that would further corrode their position with the electorate.
Hey look, there are many commie scumbags out there that don’t give a damn about the process, and only hope to subvert it in order to achieve their collective fantasy of Communism.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/02/sen-elect_scott.html
Senator-elect Scott Brown this afternoon sent a letter to governor Deval Patrick and Secretary State William Galvin, requesting them to “certify without delay” the results of the Jan. 19 special election.
In a letter written by his legal counsel, Daniel B. Winslow, Brown said he wanted the results certified no later than 11 a.m. Thursday so that he can deliver a copy to the Secretary of the United States Senate in time to be administered the oath of office by Thursday afternoon.
As recently as Tuesday, aides to Brown and the Senate leadership said officials were aiming for a Feb. 11 swearing-in.
Do we need a march on Washington to get justice in this country—and the Constitution?
“As recently as Tuesday, aides to Brown and the Senate leadership said officials were aiming for a Feb. 11 swearing-in.”
I think his aides said the 11th so the Dems figured they still had another week to run through some more departmental & judicial nominations. Oops, time is up!
They are stalling for a reason. I think they are going to try to push obamacare through in the dead of night today or tomorrow.
Republicans have to lay it on the line: Everything the bastards sneak through while delaying on Scott Brown is null and void. If it’s constitutional crisis they want, it’s constitutional crisis they’ll get.
Can Acting Sen. Paul Kirk Vote After Tuesday’s Special Election?
By W. James Antle, III on 1.18.10 @ 9:08AM
Some Republican election lawyers argue no. Over at the Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes pours cold water on the idea that health care could pass even if Republican Scott Brown is elected in Massachusetts by delaying Brown’s certification and letting acting Sen. Paul Kirk vote for Obamacare:
But in the days after the election, it is Kirk’s status that matters, not Brown’s. Massachusetts law says that an appointed senator remains in office “until election and qualification of the person duly elected to fill the vacancy.” The vacancy occurred when Senator Edward Kennedy died in August. Kirk was picked as interim senator by Governor Deval Patrick...
But based on Massachusetts law, Senate precedent, and the U.S. Constitution, Republican attorneys said Kirk will no longer be a senator after election day, period. Brown meets the age, citizenship, and residency requirements in the Constitution to qualify for the Senate. “Qualification” does not require state “certification,” the lawyers said.
An appointed senator’s right to vote is not dependent on whether his successor has been certified, the lawyers said. In Massachusetts, the election of a senator must be certified by the governor, the governor’s council, and the secretary of state - all of them Democrats.
If Brown wins narrowly and a recount is being conducted, Democratic lawyers might claim that he hasn’t been “duly elected.” Republican attorneys believe, however, that a candidate has actually been elected, though it won’t be clear who that is until the recount is completed. In Massachusetts, a recount can occur if the margin of victory is less than half a percent of the total vote.
Even if we don’t know who the duly elected senator from Massachusetts is on Tuesday night, we will know that there is a duly elected senator — and it will not be Paul Kirk. Though it seems to be that the “qualification fo the person duly elected” could still be a sticking point for Democratic election lawyers arguing for the other side.
This delay is probably health care related. Yet, I've been wondering for a while why the Republican leadership has taken such a lax attitude up to this point on Brown being seated.
Isn’t February 11th the day Imanutjob in Iran is going to rock the world?
Why doesn’t Brown call on Kirk to immediately resign? Put it right on Kirk and the Dems!
Not until we get more details than a Drudge headline & siren.
Republican leadership LOL What Leadership?
Really?
According to whom?
My Constitution must be missing a page.
Mister Kirk, get out of “SCOTT BROWN’S” Senate Seat!
As of 8:00 on election night, Mr. Kirk ceased being the Senator from MA. His pay was stopped immediately.
If the paperwork is in then it should be done tomorrow!
GOOD!!!! Thanks for posting the REAL story (not a rumor). I was about to post it myself.
It’s also GREAT to see Scott show gumption, and not wait for what passes as “normal procedures” in the corrupt ‘Rat-controlled Senate to take their course!!
Meanwhile, the ‘Rats are STILL trying to sneak DeathCare into passage, via all sorts of underhanded schemes. The Mass delegation (House and Sen. Kerry) is leading the charge. They just don’t listen to their constituents or to the American people in general!!!!
The word "weenies" comes to mind.
No doubt.
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