From the Chicago Sun-Times:
To support her legislation, Yarbrough is relying on a provision from Jefferson's Manual, a procedural handbook written by Thomas Jefferson as a supplement to U.S. House rules.
Jefferson wrote that there are various methods of setting an impeachment in motion, including "charges transmitted from the legislature of a State."
Jefferson wrote a lot of stuff. Maybe too much, because his writings have inspired French Revolutionaries, as well as (link not safe for work) Neo-Nazis.
Jefferson was in France when the constitution was written, and his "Jefferson's Manual" isn't in the US constitution.
More from the Sun-Times:
It would be the first state legislature to pass such a resolution, though the measure faces a dim future in a Republican-controlled Congress.
"This is absolutely ridiculous," said John McGovern, a spokesman for U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Only the U.S. House can formally initiate impeachment proceedings.
I did some research on Rep. Karen Yarbrough. According to her statehouse biography, she has an M.A. degree from Northeastern Illinois University's Center for Inner City Sudies. The center is a moonbat's heaven: Its director is Conrad Worrill, a longtime slavery reparations proponent and racebaiter. The last link is courtesy of the Nation of Islam's "The Final Call."
As for this Illinois impeachment resolution, well, consider the source of it. Then laugh.
UPDATE: April 26, 10:34pm CDT Pat over at Brainster has his take on this silly caper in Illinois. He goes over some of the legal technicalities of Yarbrough's maneuver.
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