I can see the spin now: Republican Chris Christie: Just like Batman! You want to elect Batman right!?

And the MN Senate arguments will get sumissions on June 1 at MN Supreme Court. Arguments begin on 18th.

JUNE 1st!!!

7 months after the election.

i know the Minnesota situation is frustrating (I've been arguing for Reid to use the Senate's authority to resolve the qualification of its members and just seat him for a long time) but that's not just expedited, that's insane.

10 days from filing to initial brief. 10 days to resist. 4 days for reply. two weeks for the court and parties to prepare for hearing.

Depending on the state, the corresponding dates are normally 30-90 for initial, 30-60 for resistance, 7-15 for reply, and it can be months (often many months) from final brief to oral argument.

Also in the Sup Ct it is unlikely that "begins" has any relevance - because no new evidence is taken, it should be argued in a half-day or so unless MN is really unusual. The real issue is not the prep time - it is how long the Court takes to rule. That often takes longer than the sum of all of the procedures before argument.

Oops, oral arguments on June 1st.

Spector can't lose too soon for me. I'm so over his talk one way and vote another hypocricy that I can't stand it.

He led SEIU to believe he would vote for card check. The union even ran pro-Spector ads here in Pittsburgh. Then he stabbed SEIU in the back.

Good riddance.

"Under an "expedited" schedule, the Minnesota Supreme Court will begin hearing former Sen. Norm Coleman's (R) appeal on June 1."

This is just sad.

There are a total of 12 judges. Less than half who are hearing the case as of now. It may be that of that 5 who are left, one might still recuse himself. That means that it could possibly be that only one third of the total hears this case.

Someone with more knowledge that me might know the answer, but isn't there some sort of quorum qualification to make the decision "legitimate" for lack of a better word?

It's Over Norm!

see the DSCC timeline of Norm's delaying and obstructionism here:

http://www.dscc.org/timeline?petition_KEY=146

and sign the petition if you are willing.

Sorry, a bit off-topic I know but
MSNBC has a poll up about the President's job so far for the first 100 days. Republicans are flooding it with "F" votes. Pass this address on and go to it to vote if you are so inclined:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29493093/

How much trouble is Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) in next year? A new Rasmussen poll shows him trailing his Republican primary opponent, former Rep. Pat Toomey, by 21 points, 51% to 30%.

Given that that "51%" of the wingnuts in the Pennsylvania GOP translates to about 20% of the voters in a General election, please please please, Republicans - vote for Whackjob Toomey. As Gov. Rendell said last night on the Maddow Show, that will guarantee that Democrats take the seat in the general. I hope this happens in a lot of places - far righties winning their primaries, so we can squash them like the cockroaches they are in November 2010.

Do go vote at MSNBC - the thugs are playing havoc.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29493093

A- 36% and F - 39%

"There are rumors out of New York's 20th that Republican Jim Tedisco may concede the race this afternoon."
WTF? Isn't he supposed to fight it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary? Oh, Republicans, how you disappoint me!

"...so we can squash them like the cockroaches they are in November 2010."

Ugh, I really don't like this kind of incendiary rhetoric, even in a non-literal context, no matter if it's Republicans aiming it at Democrats or vice versa.

EU HILFGELD

In den Streit zwischen Berlin und Brüssel um staatliche Beihilfen für die Commerzbank ist Bewegung gekommen: Deutschland meldete milliardenschwere Hilfen für das Frankfurter Geldhaus bei der EU-Wettbewerbsbehörde zur Überprüfung an.

«Da wir jetzt eine Anmeldung haben, wollen wir dazu kommen, so schnell wie möglich eine Lösung zu finden», sagte der Sprecher von EU- Wettbewerbskommissarin Neelie Kroes der dpa in Brüssel am Freitag.

Der zweitgrößten Bank Deutschlands drohen angesichts milliardenschwerer Staatshilfen scharfe Auflagen durch die EU-Kommission. Dabei geht es auch um den Verkauf von Beteiligungen - wie die Hypothekentochter Eurohypo. Wegen der Commerzbank-Hilfen hatte es in der zurückliegenden Woche einen Schlagabtausch zwischen Bundesbank-Chef Axel Weber und der Kommission gegeben. Weber befürchtet unter anderem , dass Banken gezwungen werden könnten, profitable Geschäftsbereiche abzugeben.