Burris Goes to Court

Interesting Politico article on the Burris appointment. Sec'y of State Jesse White refused to certify the appointment, so Senate Democrats are going to use that to delay seating Burris (by 90 days) while they look into his credentials.

Relatedly, this SCOTUSblog post is definitely worth a read explaining how the Powell v. McCormack precedent may affects the Senate's ability to refuse seating Burris. Interesting brand new legal issues.

Also, I didn't realize that Blago owes his governorship to Burris: if Burris hadn't have entered the gubernatorial race in '02 and taken most of the black vote in the 3-way race, Paul Vallas, not Blago, probably would have won the primary.