Ken Starr: Coleman has ‘uphill battle’ at U.S. Supreme Court

Leading conservative legal figure Ken Starr said Norm Coleman faces an “uphill battle” to have his complaints about losing the U.S. Senate election in Minnesota to Al Franken heard at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Starr, best known as the independent prosecutor during the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, was asked by Don Shelby on WCCO-AM Tuesday whether the nation’s high court was likely to take Coleman’s case should he attempt to get a hearing there.

“I tend to doubt it,” Starr said, though he said the court sometimes “surprises us all” by taking cases that at first blush don’t seem likely to succeed. There have been times, Starr said, when the “smart money was wrong.”

Starr also acknowledged being “very disappointed” to be passed over as a Supreme Court nominee during the first President Bush’s administration. Bush’s choice instead: David Souter, who just announced his retirement.

Starr, who demonstrated an exceedingly smooth radio voice on WCCO, also spoke at the University of Minnesota Tuesday night. Did he say anything startling? Leave a comment if you were there.

UPDATES: The U of M tells MnIndy that the audio from Starr’s speech will be online in about a week. Also, MinnPost has an interview with Starr covering a wide range of topics (he doesn’t say much on Coleman-Franken though). WCCO audio is here (via TPM).