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		<title>Peeps Legal Review: RNC protest and more on the Coleman-Franken theme</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Despite mass arrests at this peepful protest against the Republican National Convention (submitted to the Pioneer Press&#8217; Peeps Diorama Contest), all of the blue and brown peeps&#8217; charges against the pink, yellow and light-green peeps have been dropped. After the jump, a speech-balloon version of the popular Senate election-contest trial scene, and selections from the ABA [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/peep-rnc.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-31687" title="peep-rnc" src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/peep-rnc-300x205.jpg" alt="peep-rnc" width="280" /></a> Despite mass arrests at this peepful protest against the Republican National Convention (submitted to the Pioneer Press&#8217; <a href="http://twincities.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=5748">Peeps Diorama Contest</a>), all of the blue and brown peeps&#8217; charges against the pink, yellow and light-green peeps <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/31596/breaking-terrorism-charges-against-rnc-eight-will-be-dropped">have been dropped</a>. After the jump, a speech-balloon version of the popular Senate election-contest trial scene, and selections from the ABA Journal <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/single/peeps/163">Peeps in Law gallery</a> that show where Minnesota&#8217;s U.S. Senate dispute may be headed.  <span id="more-31680"></span> First, here&#8217;s the full protest diorama, with description by creators Jen, Laura and Danielle (no last names given):</p>
<blockquote><p>PNC (Peeps National Convention) Riots  We are social workers at Regions Hospital &#8230; We were able to witness the riots outside of the RNC this year from our curbside seat (all that was missing was some beer and a pizza for our enjoyment&#8230;we enjoyed that later at Savoys). This is a portrayal of the anarchists and other unlucky folks who were arrested on the John Ireland Bridge. Notice the demonstrator urinating over the bridge!</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/684391p.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-31738" title="684391p" src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/684391p.jpg" alt="684391p" width="480" height="360" /></a> (Read about the original, human enactment of the RNC protester-roundup on the John Ireland Bridge <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/7691/if-you-are-on-this-bridge-you-are-under-arrest">here</a>.)  Back by peepular demand and also from the PiPress competition, here is the Norm Coleman-Al Franken election contest trial scene by Nancy, Nikki, Robert and Roberta Muehlhausen that <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/31469/coleman-franken-trial-peeps">we featured earlier this week</a> — this time with speech balloons:  <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/672044p.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-31739" title="672044p" src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/672044p-580x330.jpg" alt="672044p" width="580" height="330" /></a> Next are a pair of dioramas from the <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/single/peeps/163">Peeps in Law gallery</a> at the ABA Journal Web site. First, a vision in peeps (by Emily Good and Rachel Hughey) showing where the dispute over who&#8217;s the Minnesota&#8217;s second U.S. Senate seat may be headed: The United States Supeep Court.  <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/highest_peep_medium.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-31740" title="highest_peep_medium" src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/highest_peep_medium.jpg" alt="highest_peep_medium" width="450" height="300" /></a> And here is <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/single/peeps/160">a depiction</a> (by Amrita Singh, Stephanie Hood and Rachelle Bergeron) of the constitutional principle on which Coleman has said he may take his case to highest court in the land, in a scene that&#8217;s sure be repeepted many times over in <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/31072/iowa-overturns-same-sex-marriage-ban">Iowa</a> and <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/31368/vermont-legalizes-gay-marriage">Vermont</a>:  <a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/equal_peeptection_medium.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-31741" title="equal_peeptection_medium" src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/equal_peeptection_medium.jpg" alt="equal_peeptection_medium" width="400" height="300" /></a> Thanks to ABAJournal.com Assistant Managing Editor Molly McDonough for bringing to MnIndy&#8217;s attention the American Bar Association&#8217;s devotion to peeps, of which we were hitherto unaware.</p>
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		<title>Coleman-Franken Senate trial, in Peeps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steller</dc:creator>
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Bigger image and artists&#8217; description after the jump.
This is an entry from the Muehlhausen family of Stillwater, Minn., in the Pioneer Press&#8217; Peeps contest:
Now marking the tardiest U.S. Senate race in Peep history, Al Franken Peep and Norm Coleman Peep have argued for months about ballots. Now Peep Judges Elizabeth Hayden, Denise Reilly and Kurt [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is an entry from the Muehlhausen family of Stillwater, Minn., in the Pioneer Press&#8217; <a href="http://twincities.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?PageType=APPROVED&amp;ContestID=5748&amp;SubmissionID=672475&amp;IncrementNumber=1#SubmissionDisplay">Peeps contest</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Now marking the tardiest U.S. Senate race in Peep history, Al Franken Peep and Norm Coleman Peep have argued for months about ballots. Now Peep Judges Elizabeth Hayden, Denise Reilly and Kurt Marben are left to decide Minnesota&#8217;s next Senator — all while Pamela Howell&#8217;s &#8216;missing trunk ballot&#8217; testimony is allowed-not allowed-allowed-not allowed again, angering Lizard People across the nation, and putting the media and Peep-le across the state to sleep.</p></blockquote>
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