Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution says, “No State… shall pass any…ex post facto law.”  Unconcerned with such trivialities, the Demonrats in Massachusetts are considering passing a law to return to the governor the power to appoint a replacement in the event of a vacancy such as that created by the death of Sen. Kennedy.  Of course, when Mitt Romney, a Republican, was governor, and it looked as though Sen. Kerry might become President, the legislature took that power away from the governor.  But now thet the demonrats’ political agenda might be jeopardized by waiting for an election (Are they too incompetent in Massachusetts to put together a special election in a month or two?)

Well, the demonrats didn’t give a damn about the election laws in New Jersey when the Torch was losing his re-election and they replaced him with the Lout, so why should they give a damn about the Constitution now?  They never have before.