With the ballots counted and the outcome clear in the Massachusetts Senate race it is time to seat newly-elected Senator Scott Brown without delay and permit him to take part in the legislative process - including casting a vote for health care reform.

With the outcome, the Democrats lose their 60 vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate putting passage of health care reform at risk.

And now that Scott Brown has been elected, the Democrat-controlled Congress is said to be considering several options to speedily pass health care reform including sending the Senate-approved health care bill directly to the House ‘as is’ and convince House Democrats to approve the measure – leaving incoming Sen. Brown without an opportunity to vote on health care reform.

Here are the facts:  The people of Massachusetts have spoken and Sen. Brown must be seated without delay in the Senate.  Any attempt to shut out Sen. Brown from the legislative process including preventing him from casting a vote on health care reform circumvents this election and clearly denies the will of the people of Massachusetts. 

We’ve assembled a team of lawyers to determine what legal action could be taken should Democrats refuse to recognize or delay the outcome of this election.  We have produced a legal memorandum that focuses on election law in Massachusetts for the special Senate election.  That memo is posted here.

Elections have consequences and the Democrats must understand that the consequences of a Sen. Brown victory mean it’s time to put a stop to the flawed government-run, pro-abortion health care program that’s been on a fast-track.

As many of you know, the ACLJ has expertise in litigating election law and successfully argued a key election law case before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Stand with us and sign on to our petition demanding that the Democrat-controlled Congress respect the vote of the Massachusetts people and seat incoming Senator Brown without delay.  Add your name to our petition here.