Minnesota's highest court refused to create a path for Democrat Al Franken to become a U.S. senator Friday, just before Franken's legal team argued that a different court should kick out the rock barring his way.
Franken has had a 225-vote lead in the race against Republican Norm Coleman since the end of the two-month recount. He has argued that the lead should be enough to force Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to give him an election certificate despite Coleman's court challenge. The trial over that challenge will start its seventh week Monday.
Coleman, Pawlenty and Ritchie say state law bars anyone from getting an election certificate while the lawsuit is ongoing. And the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed.
"We conclude that neither state nor federal law requires issuance of a certificate of election before the election contest is completed," the Supreme Court wrote in a unanimous opinion Friday.
Without an election certificate, it would be tough — even impossible — for Franken to be seated in the Senate.
But if the Democrat's legal team wins another argument, he could get that valued piece of paper soon.
I'm sure Harry Reid wants Franken as soon as possible because without Franken, Reid is the biggest dummy in the senate.
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