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Article: senate recount; Recount's next stop; The state Supreme Court is where Coleman will take his appeal of the election outcome.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 15, 2009
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Byline: KEVIN DUCHSCHERE; STAFF WRITER
The steaming dispute over Minnesota's U.S. Senate race is about to be passed to the state Supreme Court, a dignified and usually low-profile tribunal that will soon become the focus of a national political brawl.
The court has already played key roles in the Senate recount drama, issuing several critical rulings. Now, with Republican Norm Coleman about to appeal a lower court ruling in favor of DFLer Al Franken, the justices must resolve the sweeping question of whether Minnesota's election process has denied voters' rights.
But first they'll have to decide who will hear the case.
Two members -- ...