The AG's opinion makes absolutely no sense. The 17th Amendment doesn't change the meaning of an 80-year-old law that has already been adjudicated. The WV Supreme Court of Appeals decision should stand unless reversed - and the WV Supreme Court of Appeals looked at various state statutes for replacing Senators in the Robb case, IIRC.
Why (other than it not seeming to be legally correct) are Atlas Republicans upset about the AG's opinion. I thought Republicans wanted a special election before 2012, so shouldn't they be happy that there can be one if Manchin wants there to be one, which it seems
he does
