Blagojevich may be a crook, but at at Reason Online, Steve Chapman points out his appointment of Burris is constitutional, whereas the Democrat's threat to bar him is not.
Here is the criteria by which the senate could bar someone:
What it means is that the Senate may ensure members meet the requirements established in the Constitution. Each senator is supposed to be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state he or she represents.
Burris, needless to say, meets the requirements.
We are in a situation where, indeed, the people who lead us are either crooks, seriously misinformed, and/or otherwise incapable of competent leadership. In this situation we can at least say that one crook is acting legitimately, while the other crooks (in the Senate) are suggesting that they will not act legitimately.
As crazy as it is too back a corrupt governor's play, we are very much in need of Blagojevich's random act of legitimate authority to stand.
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