Court deals Coleman a severe blow...

[S_E_Fudd]

In New Opinion, Minnesota Election Court Seriously Damages Coleman's Chances
By Eric Kleefeld - February 13, 2009, 6:02PM
The Minnesota election court has just handed down a very important ruling that will determine the entire course of the rest of this trial -- and it's very bad news for Norm Coleman, cutting off multiple avenues he was pursuing in order to get more votes for himself thrown into the count.

Yesterday the court heard arguments regarding the campaigns' positions on 19 categories of rejected absentee ballot envelopes, and whether the voters should be cut sufficient slack as to allow the ballot in. The court has now handed down a ruling on 13 of those categories -- and it's an emphatic No.

Coleman has currently been allowed to argue for the inclusion of about 4,800 ballots, which were selected from the total pool of over 11,000 rejected votes and just so happen to come largely from his own strongholds. What this ruling means is that he is going to have to significantly chop that list down for the remainder of this trial.

This is not the final word on this question -- Coleman will almost certainly appeal it -- but it's been a very rough day.

The court rejected Coleman's contention that swaths of citizens have been unjustly denied their votes: "The court is confident that although it may discover certain additional ballots that were legally cast under relevant law, there is no systemic problem of disenfranchisement in the state's election system, including in its absentee-balloting procedures."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/in-new-opinion-minnesota-election-court-seriously-damages-colemans-chances.php

[AllyCat]

1. Coleman, just go away please. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Heh.

Suck on it, Normie.

[firedupdem]

3. He should be ashamed of himself....he needs to get the hell out

of the way!

[Fluffdaddy]

4. Sore loser......Coleman is

[wellstone dem]

5. Read the order, it is a work of art

at least a lawyer thinks so.

http://www.mncourts.gov/Documents/2/Public/Civil/21309%20coleman%20franken/Order_Following_Hearing.pdf

[Hokie]

6. Do you think this means others will be allowed?

or will they issue further rulings to limit the pool even more?

[wellstone dem]

8. Others will be reviewed to see if they comply with the strict

requirements of Minnesota law. coleman is estimating about 3500 left. Minneapolis tribune did not have an estimate from Franken. http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/39574697.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr

[lunatica]

7. Too bad it isn't a severe blow with the gavel upside the head

[the_chinuk]

9. He should do the adult, gentlemanly thing and simply concede ...

... after all, he expected no less of Al Franken when it looked like he (Coleman) was winning.

What? Sauce for the goose ain't sauce for the gander?

We must be dealing with a conservative Republican.

[JI7]

10. we deserve to gloat when this is over

[AtomicKitten]

11. Oh FFS, Norm. Pull up your socks and move on. n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

12. When are the courts going to say, "ENOUGH!" ???????

This endless appeal shit has no stopping point, does it?