Comments on: Apparently Obligatory "Burris Appointment" Post http://www.kipesquire.net/2009/01/apparently-obligatory-burris-appointment-post/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeffrey Deutsch http://www.kipesquire.net/2009/01/apparently-obligatory-burris-appointment-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8318 Jeffrey Deutsch Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:47:55 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=8802#comment-8318 Hello Kip, The Seventeenth Amendment, as you know, simply says that each senator is to be elected by the people at large, not chosen by state legislators. That doesn't make it any more sensible to give the other 99 senators the power to expel one but not to refuse to seat one in the first place. Once again: the power to expel is the power to bar entry. Common sense is an interpretive canon. Cheers, Jeff Deutsch Hello Kip,

The Seventeenth Amendment, as you know, simply says that each senator is to be elected by the people at large, not chosen by state legislators. That doesn't make it any more sensible to give the other 99 senators the power to expel one but not to refuse to seat one in the first place.

Once again: the power to expel is the power to bar entry.

Common sense is an interpretive canon.

Cheers,

Jeff Deutsch

]]> By: Lewis Ouksel http://www.kipesquire.net/2009/01/apparently-obligatory-burris-appointment-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8314 Lewis Ouksel Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:33:11 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=8802#comment-8314 I agree with your assessment of the role of the Senate in this debacle. What I, as a resident of Illinois, can hope for is that Jesse White, the Secretary of State of Illinois continues to refuse to certify Burris, as is required by the Illinois Constitution. Happy New Year! And good luck with Career 2.0. I agree with your assessment of the role of the Senate in this debacle. What I, as a resident of Illinois, can hope for is that Jesse White, the Secretary of State of Illinois continues to refuse to certify Burris, as is required by the Illinois Constitution.

Happy New Year! And good luck with Career 2.0.

]]> By: Kip http://www.kipesquire.net/2009/01/apparently-obligatory-burris-appointment-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8300 Kip Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:21:54 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=8802#comment-8300 <em>[Kip replies: The drafters of the Seventeenth Amendment could easily added a"sole judge" provision regarding appointments, especially since they already had the template of I-5-1. They chose not to. Cheers.]</em> [Kip replies: The drafters of the Seventeenth Amendment could easily added a"sole judge" provision regarding appointments, especially since they already had the template of I-5-1. They chose not to. Cheers.]

]]> By: Jeffrey Deutsch http://www.kipesquire.net/2009/01/apparently-obligatory-burris-appointment-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8299 Jeffrey Deutsch Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:16:53 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=8802#comment-8299 Hello Kip, Let me get this straight: The Senate can expel Roland Burris the moment he's seated, but can't exclude him a moment before then? Looking at your own workplace, how much sense do you think it would make to be able to fire someone in a moment but unable to refuse to bring one on board in the first place? Cheers (and Happy New Year!), Jeff Deutsch Hello Kip,

Let me get this straight: The Senate can expel Roland Burris the moment he's seated, but can't exclude him a moment before then?

Looking at your own workplace, how much sense do you think it would make to be able to fire someone in a moment but unable to refuse to bring one on board in the first place?

Cheers (and Happy New Year!),

Jeff Deutsch

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