Page picks his Flying V of election contest judges

By Chris Steller
Monday, January 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm

In today’s draft for Minnesota Senate election judges, Associate Supreme Court Justice Alan Page picked District Court judges Elizabeth A. Hayden, Kurt Marben and Denise Reilly. A veritable flying wedge of jurisprudence, the trio constitutes the panel that will decide the election contest court action brought by former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman in an attempt to keep Al Franken from taking his former seat.

Hayden, an appointee of former Gov. Rudy Perpich (DFL) is from Stearns County in the state’s Seventh Judicial District. Marben, of Pennington County, was appointed by former Gov. Jesse Venutura (Independence Party). Reilly is a Hennepin County judge in the Fourth District and an appointee of then-Republican Gov. Arne Carlson — who in his current incarnation as an independent has said that Coleman should concede.

Comments

4 Comments

diane
Comment posted January 12, 2009 @ 9:29 pm

Isn’t the football card a little silly?


paul
Comment posted January 12, 2009 @ 10:04 pm

Yes, Diane, and silliness should be frowned upon.


Chris Steller
Comment posted January 13, 2009 @ 1:25 am

It was a just-this-one-time thing.


Phoenix Woman
Comment posted January 13, 2009 @ 8:00 am

I like seeing Alan Page’s football card. Remember, he was working towards his JD even as he was sacking QBs.


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