On June 30, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Al Franken, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate last November, won that election. Here is the 32 page decision. UPDATE: at 3 p.m. central daylight time, Norm Coleman said he would not appeal this decision, nor file a federal lawsuit. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.
This is GREAT! Al Franken will really liven up the U.S. Senate. I can’t wait to hear his first monologue. Coleman was kind of a non-entity anyway.
Unfortunately, so was the Independence Party of Minnesota