Judges named to hear Coleman suit

[a kennedy]

By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger

Three district court judges — one from each party that has won the governorship — will be in charge of the next stage of the Minnesota U.S. Senate election, the state Supreme Court said today.

Stearns County Judge Elizabeth Hayden, appointed by former DFL Gov. Rudy Perpich, Hennepin County Assistant Chief Judge Denise Reilly, appointed by former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson and Pennington County Assistant Chief Judge Kurt Marben, appointed by former Gov. Jesse Ventura, were named to the three-judge panel that will decide Republican Norm Coleman's challenge of the recount results. Those results gave Democrat Al Franken a 225-vote lead.

Supreme Court Justice Alan Page's picks mean the panel will be made up of a judge appointed by a Republican, a Democrat and an Independence Party governor.

The three judges may have to drop all their other work for months in order to deal with the weighty case, which will be heard in Ramsey County.

The trial must start by the end of this month. It could take until early Spring to complete.

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[Eric J in MN]

1. Anyone know anything about any of these judges? NT

NT

[trotsky]

2. Not a thing.

I'm sure bloggers on both sides will have dirt on all of them soon.

Very professional and diplomatic by Page, though. No one can argue the panel is partisan. Though I'm sure when they throw out Coleman's lawsuits the screams will ring out from the MN GOP anyway.

[CatholicEdHead]

3. I expect them to be appealed many times over

I am not sure if this can be appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court. If it does they probably would do that.


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