A June Bridesmaid In The Making?
The MN Supreme Court today set a 6/1 hearing date for ex-Sen. Norm Coleman's (R) appeal. So Minnesotans will go at least five months without a second sen.
Entertainer Al Franken (D) had hoped for a speedier finale, but the timeline follows more closely GOPer Norm Coleman's proposed schedule.
Coleman's brief must be filed by 4/30. Franken must submit his brief by 5/11. And Coleman can then respond by a 5/15 deadline.
Coleman's team has not said definitively if they'll take the battle beyond the state's highest court. Meanwhile, Franken's crew is pitching all new developments in the wake of the three-judge panel's ruling that the Dem edged Coleman by 312 votes as mere pebbles on the road to DC.
"We are grateful that the court has issued an expedited scheduling order, and we look forward to the process continuing to move forward so that Sen.-elect Franken can be seated as quickly as possible," Franken atty Marc Elias said in a statement.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)