What is it with Republicans and the Constitution?

[mikeylikesit]

I may have inferred it from an early reference made re:

"This article in the Anchorage Daily News, headlined \"Stevens keeps right to vote until sentencing,\" keeps up with the latest legal news surrounding Senator Ted Stevens:

Sen. Ted Stevens gets to vote in next Tuesday's election despite being found guilty of seven federal felonies because his conviction won't be final until he's sentenced, the state Department of Law decided late Wednesday.

Alaska law bars felons convicted of crimes involving \"moral turpitude\ from voting for the duration of their sentence, including any probation period. Stevens' failure to report gifts is a Class D felony under federal law and constitutes such a crime because it involves willful fraud, said an opinion by Michael Barnhill, a senior assistant attorney general with the state.

But when is a person deemed convicted? Barnhill conceded in his opinion there are two ways to read the law, with a popular interpretation being that the jury's verdict is enough. But most legal precedents lean toward waiting until the judge in the case has entered his formal judgment and sentence, Barnhill said.... wrote:

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing...maybe.html

Either way the man is another old, deluded, power-drunk emblem the GOP doesn't need (like the Cheney endorsement) this close to election. Looks like he's insuring a solid GOP seat goes Dem.