Supreme Court

Anti-abortion group Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life called on Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken to reverse their Senate Judiciary Committee votes to approve Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday. In a letter to the senators, MCCL said that a legal board that Sotomayor once sat on advocated abortion rights.

U.S. Rep. John Kline wants the Minnesota Supreme Control to declare “no winner” in the election contest that shows Al Franken beat Norm Coleman by 312 votes. And he says he has encouraged Coleman to carry on his court fight.

A diller, a dollar, a ten o’clock scholar!
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o’clock,
But now you come at noon.
The hour has passed when the Minnesota Supreme Court makes its weekly release of opinions — without a ruling in the Norm Coleman-Al Franken election contest.

Norm Coleman isn’t the only obstacle to Democrats wielding 60 votes in the U.S. Senate. Edward Kennedy’s battle with brain cancer and Robert Byrd’s staph infection have effectively whittled an otherwise filibuster-proof majority down to 57 — for now.

On Fox News this afternoon, Gov. Tim Pawlenty suggested to Neil Cavuto that he wouldn’t be thrilled to sign an election certificate for Al Franken should the Minnesota Supreme Court rule in his favor, “but you know I have to follow the law.” Of course, there’s a caveat:
“You know, Neil, if the Minnesota Supreme Court [...]

The latest in the spat over Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat: Al Franken is due to file his reply to Norm Coleman’s election-contest appeal at the state Supreme Court today. Senate GOP leaders raised money at a Washington, D.C., steakhouse for Norm Coleman — under new, higher gift limits. And on YouTube, a frog channels Coleman covering [...]

Similar responses by two national political figures to very different but apparently tough questions were in the news Thursday. Elizabeth Edwards’ response (”that’s … complicated“) to Oprah Winfrey’s question about whether she still loves her philandering husband John seems to have inspired Gov. Tim Pawlenty. He took a similar tack with his answer (”it’s … involved“) [...]

Ohio State University election law expert Edward B. Foley takes a long, hard look at Norm Coleman’s appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court and finds the case to be more of a morass than he initially thought.

Norm Coleman is crying crocodile tears over David Souter’s departure from the U.S. Supreme Court. Coleman may bring a senate-election case to the nation’s high court that relies on the court’s 2000 Bush v. Gore recount case — and Souter abhorred that decision more viscerally than any successor could.

Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court when the court’s current term is over at the end of June. Souter will likely stay on until President Obama’s nominee to replace him has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, National Public Radio reports.