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/>Governor Blagojevich and the Seventeenth Amendment">EZ Thoughts: <br/>Governor Blagojevich and the Seventeenth Amendment</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">Filed in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/category/featured/" title="View all posts in A-Featured" rel="category tag">A-Featured</a> & <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/category/history/american-history/" title="View all posts in American History" rel="category tag">American History</a> & <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/category/current_affairs/" title="View all posts in Current Events" rel="category tag">Current Events</a> & <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/category/current_affairs/law/" title="View all posts in Law" rel="category tag">Law</a> & <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/category/current_affairs/politics/" title="View all posts in Politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a> | December 15, 2008</p> <div class="entry"> <p>Professor Zelinsky discusses the recent arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and the public maneuvering in New York for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat.</p> </div> <p class="postinfo"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/2008/12/blagojevich/#comments" title="Comment on EZ Thoughts: <br />Governor Blagojevich and the Seventeenth Amendment">1 Comment »</a> | <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/2008/12/blagojevich/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to EZ Thoughts: <br />Governor Blagojevich and the Seventeenth Amendment">Read it »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-2602"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081215191129/http://blog.oup.com/2008/12/best-sellers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Best Sellers">Best Sellers</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">Filed in <a 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