Justice will prevail
I would love to be a fly on the wall for this one. From Chicago station
WBBM:
BREAKING: Court Tosses Emanuel Off Ballot
The Illinois Appellate Court has tossed mayoral frontrunner Rahm Emanuel off the ballot, reversing the decision of a lower court.
The Appellate Court reached a 2-1 decision to remove Emanuel.
Appellate judges Thomas Hoffman and Shelvin Louise Marie Hall ruled against Emanuel. Justice Bertina Lampkin voted in favor of keeping President Obama�s former chief of staff on the Feb. 22 ballot.
�It�s a surprise,� said Kevin Forde, the attorney who argued on Emanuel�s behalf.
Emanuel�s attorneys are expected to use Lampkin�s dissenting opinion to appeal the case to the Illinois Supreme Court.
In today�s ruling, Hoffman wrote: �We � order that the candidate�s name be excluded (or if, necessary, be removed) from the ballot from Chicago�s Feb. 22, 2011.�
Opponents have been trying to get Emanuel removed on the grounds that he did not reside in Chicago for a year before the upcoming February election. He moved to Washington, D.C., two years ago to work for President Barack Obama.
I wonder if the Illinois Supreme Court has the stones to stand up for the law. He certainly did not live full-time in Chicago for the previous year. He even rented out his house which says that he wasn't flying back and forth.
Posted by DaveH at January 24, 2011 10:25 AM