LOL: Blago to Appoint Fmr. AG to Senate Seat

[Brittain33]

From the headline, I was half suspecting he'd named Ramsey Clark as the ultimate f.u. to the Senate.

[Brittain33]

Constituion: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business..."

There are no elections or returns to judge. Qualifications, by precedent, are limited to age, residency, & citizenship. 

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/senate-might-not-have-authority-to.html

Does anyone think the Senate wouldn't get its way on this? The Supreme Court won't touch it.

[Brittain33]

Constituion: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business..."

There are no elections or returns to judge. Qualifications, by precedent, are limited to age, residency, & citizenship. 

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/senate-might-not-have-authority-to.html

Does anyone think the Senate wouldn't get its way on this? The Supreme Court won't touch it.

Why not? They had as little authority in Bush vs Gore.

It's fundamentally a political question and the stakes are so much lower here that I doubt the Court would try to ram through a Burris appointment. The Senate would function better with one vacancy than the White House would.

I do think the most likely outcome is that Reid will seat him, though.

[Brittain33]

I'm not sure I understand what incentive Blago has to do this, but ok. Could it be that he just has a sense of humor and is fucking with everyone?

It reminds me of Tim McVeigh reading "Invictus" before his execution.

It matters not how strait the gate,
      How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
      I am the captain of my soul.

This is the only act of defiance he has to show he has power.