SocraticGadfly: Burris barred from Senate; legal eagles support him

January 06, 2009

Burris barred from Senate; legal eagles support him

In what was no surprise, Roland Burris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointee to replace Barack Obama in the Senate, was barred from taking his seat. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Senate Democrats were open to discussing how to handle Burris' future.

That flexibility is probably good, because more and more legal scholars of all political philosophies say Reid and the Senate are wrong.

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