Posted on 09/25/2009 11:21:38 AM PDT by daytrader
A Suffolk Superior Court judge today denied a motion by state Republicans to delay Gov. Deval Patricks appointment of an interim senator by 90 days.
Judge Thomas Connolly this afternoon cleared the way for Paul G. Kirk Jr. to be sworn in as an interim U.S. senator today at 3:15 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
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I bet Al Franken is POed he did not get in this early.
The laws of Masschusetts override the Constitution.
“Where is the damned Congress? Why is a danged judge making the law? When is the Congress going to start running this show?”
It’s a state law.
In this case, I would agree, but broken laws (or ignored ones) are still broken laws, something which doesn’t seem to bother Democrats one whit.
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