kurt marben

The neverending U.S. Senate contest will now be put on trial. Beginning this afternoon a three-judge panel will weigh evidence on whether the state Canvassing Board got the vote tally right when it certified Al Franken as the winner by 225 votes.

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 [...]