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Supreme Court Case Favors Burris’ Bid for Senate Seat
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By Debra Cassens Weiss
A 1969 Supreme Court decision lends support to Roland Burris’ bid to become the next U.S. senator from Illinois.
Burris was appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, accused by federal prosecutors of seeking to buy the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. In a broadcast interview today, Burris said he plans to present himself to take the seat, despite vows by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to deny him the post, the Associated Press reports. Reid is citing the refusal of the Illinois secretary of state to sign Burris’ appointment papers.
Burris said in an interview on The Early Show that the law is on his side. “As I read the U.S. Constitution," he said, it says the "governor shall fill a vacancy, and as a former attorney general of my state, I have no knowledge of where a secretary of state… Continue reading...
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