He would have had to step down before the 2008 elections. In 2004, the Massachusetts Legislature stripped the governor of the authority to appoint interim Senators. They didn’t want Romney picking Kerry’s successor. Teddy supported that bill stripping the governor of authority to appoint a successor.
mad_as_he$$ wrote:
If Teddy was a truly an honest person he would of resigned months ago to make sure the people of Mass had representation.
As it is, there are constitutional questions about this new proposal. When the vacancy occurred, the governor lacked the appointment authority. While this could apply to future vacancies, for Kennedy’s seat, this reeks of ex-post-facto. States are barred from passing ex-post-facto laws.
| From the desk of cc2k: |
They’re elitist scum, and have their own set of rules.