Something tells me that if he is elected we will see him in a prison jumpsuit in 3 years.
Only if he gets thrown under the Bus.
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Something tells me that if he is elected we will see him in a prison jumpsuit in 3 years.
The thing is.... Rahm has pulled the same shinanigans on his oponents in the past.
Hell... look up his "dead fish" incident.
He's no angel.
No he isn't and as I said, I am not a fan. But face it, we all are subject to a basic human condition to enjoy it when somebody we hold in contempt 'gets his comeuppance' or some such as that whether we admit it or not.
I'll admit I smiled when I first heard Rahm got booted off the ballot.
But there is the practical side too that objects to application of law one way to those you dislike and a different way to those you like. And I think the appeals court probably did get it wrong this time and the initial ruling and the Supremes' stay is correct.
A pity.
He was not a resident of Chicago, he rented out his place. Where was he registered to vote? Are we a Nation of Laws??? Don't answer that. The Laws were never meant for the Elite? Silver Spooned Prima Donna.
Illinois court puts Rahm Emanuel back on Chicago’s mayoral ballot - Yahoo! NewsIn response, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a "stay" in the case, meaning the Chicago elections board can't print ballots without Emanuel's name. Per the Chicago Sun Times, it's still unclear if the court will take up the full case.
Well I am certainly no Rahm Emmanuel fan, but last night, I read the opinion, for and against, of the appeals court and, while I am no attorney or particularly skilled in legal language, I could not see how he was ineligible.
If he had been sent by an Illinois firm overseas on government business on a 2-year project or if he had been in the military, it would not have affected his eligibility. He maintained an Illinois drivers license with his chicago address for the entire two years, he went back to Chicago to vote, and he owned and maintained a permanent residence in Chicago even though, on advice of his insurance company, he did lease it out for awhile on a temporary lease contract. He even bought additional property adjacent to his residence in Chicago during the time he was in Washington. He was on record as agreeing to an 18 month or so tour of duty in the Obama administration and then he intended to return home. He rented his Washington resident on a short term lease.
I know its splitting hairs and all that, but it just feels unreasonable that a person would lose residency status in this situation.
And apparently the Illinois Supreme Court is reading it the same way I did.
Or they are all leftist puppets willing to overlook fine points of the law in favor of a favorite son.
Could go either way.
He rented out his home on a short term lease on advice of his insurance company. He was registered to vote in Chicago and he voted in each election in Chicago. He maintained an Illinois driver's license with his Chicago address on it the entire time he was with the administration. Again if he had been sent overseas on a government assignment or had served in the military for that time or even been sent to a federal prison for that time, he would not have lost his residency.
Well I am certainly no Rahm Emmanuel fan, but last night, I read the opinion, for and against, of the appeals court and, while I am no attorney or particularly skilled in legal language, I could not see how he was ineligible.
If he had been sent by an Illinois firm overseas on government business on a 2-year project or if he had been in the military, it would not have affected his eligibility. He maintained an Illinois drivers license with his chicago address for the entire two years, he went back to Chicago to vote, and he owned and maintained a permanent residence in Chicago even though, on advice of his insurance company, he did lease it out for awhile on a temporary lease contract. He even bought additional property adjacent to his residence in Chicago during the time he was in Washington. He was on record as agreeing to an 18 month or so tour of duty in the Obama administration and then he intended to return home. He rented his Washington resident on a short term lease.
I know its splitting hairs and all that, but it just feels unreasonable that a person would lose residency status in this situation.
And apparently the Illinois Supreme Court is reading it the same way I did.
Or they are all leftist puppets willing to overlook fine points of the law in favor of a favorite son.
Could go either way.
That's what I was thinking.
Otherwise, an Iraqi War veteran who was just coming home after a long tour of duty would not be able to run for Mayor. That just seems wrong.
-- Supreme Court will hear appeal of ruling knocking Rahm off ballot - Chicago Sun-TimesThe Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a court decision that knocked Rahm Emanuel out of the mayoral race.
Earlier, the Supreme Court ordered the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to put Emanuels name back on the mayoral ballot while it considered Emanuels appeal of Mondays Illinois Appellate Court ruling that tossed him out of the race to replace Mayor Daley.
The Supreme Court said it will not accept any new legal briefs or even hear oral arguments on the case. Instead, the court will rely on the briefs already filed at the appellate court level.
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-- Supreme Court will hear appeal of ruling knocking Emanuel off ballot - Chicago Sun-TimesSupreme Court will hear appeal of ruling knocking Rahm off ballot
By ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter / [email protected] Jan 25, 2011 01:27PM
In the 2-to-1 court decision, judges Thomas Hoffman and Shelvin Louise Marie Hall agreed that Emanuel does not meet the eligibility requirements to run for mayor. Emanuels attorneys had argued that Emanuels work as White House chief of staff made him eligible for a special provision in the election code thats typically applied for U.S. servicemen and women. That provision allows those serving to maintain their residency if they are on business of the United States.
That plan language limits the reach of the business of the United States exception to elector or their spouses; it makes no mention of candidates, wrote Hoffman for the majority.
Judge Bertina Lampkin, the lone dissenter, ripped into the majoritys decision. Calling the decision contrary, Lampkin wrote in the dissenting opinion that multiple court precedents show Emanuel can be eligible to run for mayor even though he worked in Washington, D.C. for most of the last year. Lampkin also wrote Emanuels decision to vote from his Hermitage Avenue address while in D.C. showed the candidate did not intend to abandon his residency.
Appellate Court: Emanuel Off Ballot / Chicago News Cooperative
The Illinois Supreme Court has just issued a stay of the appeals court's order knocking Rahm Emanuel off the ballot and directing the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to restore his name to the ballot.
First Read - Ill. court issues stay; Rahm back on the ballot
To hell with the rules!
The Illinois Supreme Court has just issued a stay of the appeals court's order knocking Rahm Emanuel off the ballot and directing the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to restore his name to the ballot.
First Read - Ill. court issues stay; Rahm back on the ballot
To hell with the rules!
rahm is as much a resident of illinois as any congressman who is in DC.
i'm not quite sure why anyone would prefer mosely braun... or is it that it's rahm, so it doesn't matter who gets the mayoralty as long as it isn't him?
-- Rahm Emanuel: Experts say not a legal resident of Chicago, cannot run for mayor - Lynn Sweet* * * *
So while plenty of political people go to work in Washington, D.C., or business people go spend weeks in New York or other places, they have to come home pretty regularly to qualify under that standard, the experts say.
"When he was a congressman, his wife and family lived here, and he would fly home on the weekends," Nally said. "He had a place to sit on the sofa, to keep a toothbrush."
But when Emanuel agreed to become chief of staff, the family moved out to D.C. and the home was rented out to another family that now refuses to break the lease and clear the way for Emanuel to move back in. Emanuel could come back to Chicago to vote, but he could not stop at the house he owns on his way to the polling place, and that does not meet the residency test to run for mayor, Nally said.
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