Norm Coleman to appeal Minnesota Senate vote decision to Judge Judy

[marmar]

:P .....Since it's obvious he's about to get slapped down....again.



from the MSP Star-Trib:



Senate recount: A Supreme Court grilling
Five justices pressed lawyers for Franken and Coleman with tough questions about absentee ballots and state law.

By PAT DOYLE and KEVIN DUCHSCHERE, Star Tribune staff writers


All that remains is a ruling.

A day after publicly grilling lawyers for Norm Coleman and Al Franken in a hearing scrutinized by political pundits and players nationwide, the Minnesota Supreme Court is back behind closed doors, deliberating on a decision that could lead DFLer Franken to the U.S. Senate or give Republican Coleman another chance to stop him.

Monday's vigorous interrogations left no decisive signals about the justices' thinking. They challenged the arguments of both candidates, but leveled their toughest questions at a lawyer for Coleman, who is appealing a lower court verdict awarding Minnesota's disputed Senate election to Franken.

Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg told the justices that thousands more rejected absentee ballots should be tallied under looser standards that were used by many local officials on Election Day. He said local practices led to counting ballots in Democratic areas that were similar to those rejected in Republican areas applying a stricter standard.

But several justices suggested that Coleman's team had failed to provide proof that such practices were widespread.

"You're offering little more than ... Coleman's theory of the case but no concrete evidence to back it up," said Associate Justice Christopher Dietzen.

Franken lawyer Marc Elias also came in for some tough questions. Associate Justice Lorie Gildea asked how he could be confident about the outcome given that some of the ballots counted on Election Day apparently didn't meet the requirements of Minnesota law.

"If we're suppose to decide who got the most legally cast votes and there is evidence that suggests that illegally cast ballots were accepted ... how can we tell who got the most legally cast votes?" Gildea asked.

Elias responded that Coleman failed to prove how many ballots were illegally cast or their significance.


http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/46621982.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl

[saltpoint]

1. I expect actual little babies to be crybabies. In ex-U.S. Senators, though, it's

an unattractive characteristic.

[skooooo]

2. Judge Judy wiill not only slap him down...

..she'll insult him too.

[backscatter712]

3. This should be good...

:popcorn:

"You're asserting all these claims of malfeasance from the Franken campaign, even though you don't have a single piece of evidence?

YOU'RE AN IDIOT, NORM!!!

Your case is dismissed!"

[rocktivity]

5. Mods, I think I've been plagiarized!

I wrote this Judge Judy vs. Condi Rice scenario FIVE YEARS AGO!

:rofl:
rocktivity

[mucifer]

4. I'd love to see Judge Judy smack down norm in Yiddish (all 3 are Jewish)