Judge Refuses To Rule On Albany Power Struggle
ALBANY -- An upstate judge said today that he won't rule on last week's takeover of the State Senate by a coalition of Republicans and dissident Democrats.
State Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara tossed the case, saying it's an "intrusion" for the court to get involved in a legislative matter.
He recommended that lawmakers resolve the question of who's in charge of the 62-member chamber on their own.
Republican and Democratic senators so far have failed to work out a power-sharing agreement following the shocking revolt June 8 by a coalition of Republicans and two dissident Democrats that upended Democratic control of the chamber.
Meanwhile, Gov. Paterson's counsel Peter Kiernan put forth another plan called a "stipulated" session.
"The goal is to get an agreement on what we would call a 'stipulated' session, whereby the parties would come into session and pass legislation that has to be passed without prejudice to their respective positions in the courts," he said.
"We're going to find out if that's something that the Republican leadership will agree to. The Democrats have indicated that they might."
Get Back To Work!
The Democrats have now gotten in the way of State business for an entire week. You lost! A vote was taken and you lost. There is no bearing to your legal case, and no court in the state that will legally hear it. Stop continuing to waste tax payer dollars and start doing your jobs.
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