Equal Protection
| Wed Dec. 17, 2008 10:13 PM PST
EQUAL PROTECTION....Is Norm Coleman really trying to prevent ballots in the Minnesota senate race from being counted by using Bush v. Gore as precedent for an Equal Protection Clause claim? The same Bush v. Gore decision that was so contrary to previous conservative opinion that the court specifically (and to considerable mockery) stated that "Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances"?
Why yes. Yes he is. The mind reels.
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Yes, it's true once again--a Republican who doesn't want all of the votes counted.
The will of the voters--secondary.
And, it's ironic that the FBI's investigation of Coleman is getting hotter--it could be that Coleman wins the recount to head straight into an ethics/bribery trial.
Democrats are a lower class than Republicans, so you can't expect them to ever bow out for the good of the country if they can tie up a close election, or perhaps beat an impeachment rap. If Nixon had been Clinton, he would have fought to the end, and screw leading the country when personal ambition is at stake. Ditto Blago.
luther, because some of the young readers may not be familiar, let me note, for the record and not because i'm interested in dealing with someone so obviously delusional as you, that nixon did "fight until the end." he resigned when he was told that there was no question he would be impeached and convicted along a roughly 90-10 vote.
the historically amusing note is that trent lott, as a young representative on the judiciary committee, voted against impeaching nixon while as a senator he voted in favor of convicting clinton, which took some doing. luther probably appreciated....
Coleman knows he's cooked. This is really just a pro forma, better than doing nothing kind of lawsuit. As Nate Silver (man I love that guy) explained on 538, even he wins in court, he can't have the ballots discounted, just all counted the same way. Since some very blue counties aren't even counting their illegitimately discarded absentee ballots, he's probably doing himself a disservice by winning. But there are likely enough votes in the counties that are counting to make the race relatively uncompetitive (a couple hundred + for franken).
