Read more Minnesota Supreme Court stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/37066/minnesota-supreme-court.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:47:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72444/bong-water-is-a-drug-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota’s Supreme Court has declared bong water an illegal drug. The decision overturns a lower court ruling that held bong water was paraphernalia. The decision means lazy users who leave water in their bongs could be hit with a first-degree drug possession charge—even if they have no other drugs,...http://www.newser.com/story/72444/bong-water-is-a-drug-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 14:50:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63225/minnesota-supremes-franken-won-senate-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of Democrat Al Franken in the Senate election battle there, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The court decided that Republican Norm Coleman’s challenge of a lower court’s ruling did not merit reconsideration, the Pioneer Press adds. Though Coleman may bring the...http://www.newser.com/story/63225/minnesota-supremes-franken-won-senate-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 13:39:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61075/unanimous-ruling-against-coleman-likely.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota’s Senate contest seems poised to end at long last, the Minnesota Independent reports. Election-law experts are sure that the Minnesota Supreme Court will shoot down Norm Coleman’s appeal, and it will probably be unanimous in doing so. “What he’s asked the Supreme Court to do is to ignore Minnesota...http://www.newser.com/story/61075/unanimous-ruling-against-coleman-likely.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 10:04:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60668/senate-recount-case-goes-to-minn-high-court-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota’s Supreme Court will hear arguments today in the Senate seat dispute between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. If the court goes Franken’s way, he could be seated in Washington; if the five justices find for Coleman, “recounting-type” hurdles will remain before he could head...http://www.newser.com/story/60668/senate-recount-case-goes-to-minn-high-court-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:24:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60574/coleman-franken-fight-heads-to-minns-top-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorm Coleman and Al Franken take their protracted election battle to Minnesota's Supreme Court tomorrow, reports the Hill, in what could be its final stage. Lawyers on both sides have spent some 6 weeks readying their arguments—including Coleman, himself a lawyer. Franken, meanwhile, holding to a slim ballot advantage,...http://www.newser.com/story/60574/coleman-franken-fight-heads-to-minns-top-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 9:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59963/franken-coleman-fight-over-94k-in-legal-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorm Coleman and Al Franken are tussling over $94,000 in legal fees as they head to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Talking Points Memo reports. A county clerk ruled this week that Coleman, after losing a court ruling in the Senate race, owed Franken the money under a loser-pays election...http://www.newser.com/story/59963/franken-coleman-fight-over-94k-in-legal-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 May 2009 19:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56922/coleman-wants-more-time-to-craft-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawyers for Republican Norm Coleman want more time to prepare arguments for their appeal to Minnesota’s top court in the fight over last November's election, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The attorneys’ timeline, presented today, would put off oral arguments until mid-May; attorneys for Democrat Al Franken, declared the winner...http://www.newser.com/story/56922/coleman-wants-more-time-to-craft-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 14:56:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56152/how-much-is-senate-fight-worth-to-coleman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorm Coleman’s chances of victory are so thin they’ve entered “Calista Flockhart territory,” yet he shows no sign of winding down his expensive legal battle, writes Nate Silver, the stat guru behind FiveThirtyEight.com. Just how expensive? Silver estimates that Coleman’s spending about $20,740 a day to pay his...http://www.newser.com/story/56152/how-much-is-senate-fight-worth-to-coleman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54249/coleman-willing-to-continue-minn-election-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorm Coleman is leaving himself the option of taking the case of Minnesota’s disputed Senate election all the way to the US Supreme Court, Politico reports. The Republican is not “at this point” expecting to go that far—after all, that’d be after the Minnesota Supreme Court and federal appellate...http://www.newser.com/story/54249/coleman-willing-to-continue-minn-election-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 14:59:37 CDT