[steveegg]

Who has the makeup of the Minnesota Supreme Court handy? Why do I get the feeling that it's a clone of the Floriduh Supreme Idiots and Jersey Supreme Idiots?

[TonyInOhio]

Why do I get the feeling that it's a clone of the Floriduh Supreme Idiots and Jersey Supreme Idiots?

Because you are intelligent, and your know the 'Rats. :-)

OK, we're underway.

[Aeronaut]

SUPREME COURT

The Minnesota Supreme Court is scheduled today to hear one of the most contentious election ballot debates in recent memory involving the U.S. Senate race. The justices are:

Chief Justice Kathleen A. Blatz
Appointed in 1996 by Republican Gov. Arne Carlson
Age: 48
Background: District judge from 1994-1996; Republican state representative from Bloomington from 1979-1994

Russell A. Anderson
Appointed in 1998 by Carlson
Age: 60
Background: Judge Advocate General's Corps in the Navy from 1968-1976; district judge in northern Minnesota for 16 years

Paul H. Anderson
Appointed in 1994 by Carlson
Age: 59
Background: Chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992-1994; former partner in South St. Paul law firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller

James H. Gilbert
Appointed in 1998 by Carlson
Age: 55
Background: Former managing partner at Meshbesher & Spence law firm

Sam Hanson
Appointed in 2002 by Independent Gov. Jesse Ventura
Age: 63
Background: Minnesota Court of Appeals judge from 2000-2002; worked at law firm of Briggs & Morgan for 30 years

Helen Meyer
Appointed in 2002 by Ventura
Age: 48
Background: Owner of St. Louis Park law firm Meyer & Associates; served on Ventura's Judicial Merit Selection Commission for 3½ years

Alan C. Page
Elected in 1992
Age: 57
Background: Played for the Minnesota Vikings; assistant state attorney general from 1987-1993

For more information on the justices, go to this link