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The controversy over Roland Burris wound up teaching us a thing or two about President-elect Barack Obama.
First, the bad news: Obama made a serious blunder when he followed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his No. 2, Dick Durbin, out on a limb in opposing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attempt to fill Obama's former Senate seat. Reid spoke too soon, and took too rigid a stance in asserting the Senate's power to decide who gets seated.See the full content of this document
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How Obama Changed Course On Burris
That power is limited by the Constitution and previous Supreme Court decisions, and Reid should have known this.
As a former professor of constitutional law, Obama should have known this, too. Besid...See the full content of this document
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