Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Rahm ballot case heads to Ill. Supreme Court; will Justice Burke recuse herself?

The Illinois Supreme Court issued two separate orders today in regards to Rahm Emanuel's name being removed from the Chicago mayoral ballot because the Appellate Court ruled that the former White House chief of staff is not a legal resident of the city.

The first order blocks the Board of Elections from printing ballots. The second one state the the senior court will hear Emanuel's appeal.

Illinois' high court has seven members--four Democrats and three Republicans. One of the Democrats is Anne Burke, husband of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke (14th), the powerful chairman of the City Council Finance Committee and someone who has endorsed another candidate, Gery Chico. He stands to gain the most by an involuntary Rahm exit. Chico, a former president of the Chicago school board, was once a member of Burke's Southwest Side political organization and is a former Finance Committee staffer.

Will Justice Burke recuse herself? She has in three prior Chicago election cases.

Oh, this story is so Illinois.

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2 comments:

  1. peter10:30 PM

    Wow! It's greate............

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  2. events productions washington dc8:02 AM

    The result of the Supreme’s decision isn’t necessarily wrong; it, too, seems rational and fair. It’s reasoning, however, crafts certainty out of thin air. It belittles the problem, seemingly out of pique. The problems with the underlying law in Chicago and the court’s own precedent it simply pixie dusted away, a means to an end that the concurring justices gently chided them about.

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