http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/...ites-signature/ The Illinois Supreme Court says Secretary of State Jesse White doesn't need to sign Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate to make it valid.
The ruling says no Illinois official has to do anything further to validate the appointment made by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Burris was refused President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat this week in part because Senate Democratic leaders said his paperwork was incomplete without White's signature.
But the ruling may not lead to Burris being seated.
"Mr. Burris is exactly where he was a week ago," a senior Democratic aide told FOX News. "He does not have a valid certificate, and we cannot seat him."
The state Supreme Court says nothing in state law requires White to sign the appointment.
White has said he wouldn't certify any Blagojevich appointment in the wake of the governor's federal corruption arrest unless the court forced him to.
Blagojevich was impeached Friday.
It's really sad that Obama has helped deny Burris constitutionally provided right to be Ill Senator.
