Casino67 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Suntimes.com:Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race.An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor.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.”Emanuel had won two previous rulings — by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and a Cook County judge. The case was appealed to the appellate court, which handed down the ruling before noon Monday.Opponents have argued Emanuel is not a resident of Chicago because he rented out his North Side home while serving as chief of staff to Obama. The renter —Rob Halpin — refused to allow Emanuel to move back in after Mayor Daley’s announcement last year that he would not seek re-election. Halpin briefly ran for mayor himself.//END//---------------Nothing on the actual text of the ruling yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 From a Twitterer @adambuckled If Rahm can't buy off the appellate process, he has no business being mayor of Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I assume this will be in front of Illinois Supreme Court by tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Court decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 With Rahm out, Carol Mosely Braun has to be a shoe in. She's a favorite at this Chicago blog... Chocolate City: The Best African American Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Can Illinois get to be a bigger mess???? On fox this morning they showed it to be second only to California in debt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Can Illinois get to be a bigger mess???? On fox this morning they showed it to be second only to California in debt Gee, only if Carol Mosely Braun wins could it get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 jaketapper Jake Tapper ABC News' Chris Bury reports Rahm's campaign seeking emergency injunction to stop Chicago Bd of Elections from printing ballots w/o his name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Can Illinois get to be a bigger mess???? On fox this morning they showed it to be second only to California in debt Gee, only if Carol Mosely Braun wins could it get worse. News reports around here say that with him out she is in the lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 From a Twitterer @adambuckled If Rahm can't buy off the appellate process, he has no business being mayor of Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceRimmer Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Being from Louisiana and having lived for a time in New Orleans, I've seen corruption, but it wasn't till I spent about 3 weeks in Chicago that I saw REAL corruption. By the time I left, I couldn't wait to get on the plane out of O'Hare fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyle58 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Being from Louisiana and having lived for a time in New Orleans, I've seen corruption, but it wasn't till I spent about 3 weeks in Chicago that I saw REAL corruption. By the time I left, I couldn't wait to get on the plane out of O'Hare fast enough. Having also experienced both I can say that the difference is that in Louisiana politics is a sport.....in Illinois it is a blood sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 More on the appeal from the Tribune Chicago Tribune Rahm Emanuel has two legal issues looming large for Supreme Court He wants to stop election officials from printing ballots without his name and to persuade the state's highest court to restore his candidacy By Jeff Coen and Annie Sweeney, Tribune reporters Rahm Emanuel faces a double-barreled legal problem just days before voting begins in the Chicago mayoral race — stopping election officials from printing ballots without his name and persuading the state's highest court to restore his candidacy. Hours after an Appellate Court decision removed him from the Feb. 22 election, lawyers for Emanuel late Monday asked the Illinois Supreme Court to stay that ruling while they prepare an appeal to make the case that Chicagoans should have a chance to vote for the former White House chief of staff. Though the issue of whether Emanuel properly met a one-year residency requirement to run for mayor was always destined to come before the high court, he now goes to that seven-member forum in a weakened posture, carrying the weight of trying to prove the Appellate Court wrong. Traditionally, the state's highest court has shied away from local candidacy and residency election issues. "We're ready to go on a very fast track," Emanuel attorney Kevin Forde said. In its first filing with the Supreme Court, the Emanuel lawyers suggested an expedited schedule promising they could file their arguments by Wednesday. But the high court first has to decide whether to hear the case at all. If it declines, Emanuel's bid for mayor effectively comes to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Ward_Room Ward_Room by NRO Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot. Supreme court grants stay, directed board to print @rahmemanuel name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh, piffle! MrChick predicted the Illinois Supreme Court would do this when he first heard the Appellate court ruling. I got my hopes up, but knew he was probably right. Sure enough . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh, piffle! MrChick predicted the Illinois Supreme Court would do this when he first heard the Appellate court ruling. I got my hopes up, but knew he was probably right. Sure enough . . . Depending on what they rule. They just put a stay on the previous ruling, so his name can go on the ballot...then they rule to see if it can stay there....then I guess they just say, pay no attention to that man's name on the ballot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 He made the statement yesterday that if they let him vote there the last year he must be a resident and he must be eligible for office. By those standards, a lot of dead people should be eligible for mayor (well, of course we do not know for certain whether Daly has been dead or not for a long time ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 The courts have just ruled that his name will be printed on the upcoming ballots. If he wins, how are they going to then rule that he is ineligible? Major win for him to get on the printed ballot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 It has not been ruled he will stay on the ballot. Only ruled that any ballots printed between now and when/if the SC decides to hear/rule on the case should have his name on it. If he does not succeed in winning appeal then his name would have to be removed/crossed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 It has not been ruled he will stay on the ballot. Only ruled that any ballots printed between now and when/if the SC decides to hear/rule on the case should have his name on it. If he does not succeed in winning appeal then his name would have to be removed/crossed out. Oh, OK. Will the courts be able to come to a decision before Feb 22? Wouldn't love to be able to hear the tapes the FBI is recording now? And he still has Blago's trial to attend. This could all go down as the strangest election even for Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hmmmmm. Then any absentee ballots on which people voted for him would be spoiled ballots I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a court decision that knocked Rahm Emanuel out of the mayoral race. So this is much better news for him. They will hear the appeal. They could have just "punted" and left it alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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