The Associated Press

CHICAGO - Legal scholars say Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasted his time if he appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to Illinois' vacant Senate seat to win favor among black voters or politicians.

Blagojevich named Burris, a veteran black politician, as Barack Obama's successor Tuesday.

The governor faces federal corruption charges and the possibility of impeachment.

Chicago-Kent School of Law professor Daniel Coyne doubts Burris' appointment would sway black Chicagoans who might wind up on a Blagojevich jury.

University of Illinois law professor Andy Leipold doubts black Democrats in the Illinois Senate who might eventually have to decide whether the governor stays in office would be moved, either.

If anything, Leipold says, the appointment might anger them.