His challenge was unanimously “dismissed with prejudice.”
There will be an appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court (if there are any justices left to hear the case) and then probably to the federal courts, but the current time estimate is that Franken will be seated sometime in May or June. A couple of wildcard considerations are whether Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty will sign the certification, and whether the Republicans will filibuster, the threat of which has caused the Democrats to back down in pretty much every confrontration this year.
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April 13, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Heraldo
It’s about time! Oh, the long, slow wheels of justice…
April 13, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Eric Kirk
Well, it’s especially slow when one side deliberately tries to drag it out.
April 13, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Frank Rizzo
The State of Minnesota should be proud. Just when the country was forgetting their idiotic election of Jesse Ventura, they top it by electing this psychotic, bitter, unqualified buffoon. Nice job! Go get ‘em Al Franken, I’m sure your colleagues will afford you all the respect you deserve.