Attorneys for Rahm Emanuel late today asked the Illinois Supreme Court to prevent Chicago elections officials from printing ballots for the Feb. 22 mayor’s election without his name.
Emanuel’s legal team also said they will ask the state’s highest court on Tuesday to hear their appeal of a decision by an appellate court today to knock him off the ballot on the grounds he doesn’t meet residency requirements…
It is astounding that in Illinois the law would be enforced against a Democrat as regards an election – such a thing is just unheard of. The way it works it that Democrats can do whatever they please and on those rare occasions when law breaking becomes overwhelming, a few small fry are thrown to the wolves while the big boys never pay. That Rahm Emanuel – hopelessly corrupt and hip deep in Chicago politics – might actually have the law applied to him is something of a revolution in Illinois politics.
Next thing you know, Obama and his Democrats might be forced to stop raising illegal campaign funds! Foreigners might be prevented from influencing our electoral process – really, anything can happen, now.
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