IL Supreme Court issues a stay (?) and says to put Rahm's name back on the

[gateley]

ballot.

Andrea Mitchell just reported it - no link.

[xchrom]

1. of course. nt

[lamp_shade]

2. Yessssssssssss

[Renew Deal]

3. Of course they did.

It's idiotic to throw him off the ballot.

[babylonsister]

4. Good. nt

[Xithras]

5. Did they offer a reason?

Bummer.

[gateley]

7. I don't know if it was just a comment/opinion by Andrea or if they (Supreme Court) indicated

that if someone is in the nation's Capitol serving the country, that should not affect residential status in home state. :shrug:

[Xithras]

11. Sorry, I've been through this in other threads.

Rahm wasn't serving his country. He was employed by it. There's a difference.

Any argument for his maintaining his residency could also be made for any postal delivery worker who moves to a town 100 miles away to take a delivery job. Or by ANY government employee ANYWHERE who moves to work elsewhere.

He wasn't SENT by the government or the people to serve elsewhere...he went to Washington to chase employment. He moved.

Besides that, he's scum, and I don't want him running for any position anywhere.

[gateley]

13. I'm not the one who offered that opinion, just reporting I'd heard it, acknowledging

I wasn't certain of the source.

No need to convince me of your views. I'm not the one making any decisions.

[elleng]

9. Probably so arrangements can be made to print ballots with his name;

the case will continue. Time crunch there.

[gateley]

16. Good point. nt

[mdmc]

6. Booo!

Although in NYS the case would easily be made that it was "always his intention" to return to his "home".

While I hate the DLC, I think Rham had a case that he was a resident, more or less..

[gateley]

8. I think it's up to the people of IL -- if they really want him, he should be allowed

to run.

Didn't Cheney do a bogus "resident" thing? I'm thinking others have, too. Rahm's claim is more valid than others' IMO.

[UTUSN]

14. Ding ding DING!1 CHEENEE's blatant law breaking was there from the start

And by "start" (since he was a permanent Rethug regime fixture) I mean his de facto pResidency.

[Pirate Smile]

10. Good. I hope the ILSC lets the people decide who they want as Mayor.

The IL SC hasn't even said that they will hear the case yet but this will stop Rahm from being screwed by not being on the ballot for early voting which starts in less then a week.

[ItNerd4life]

12. Yes, because laws are made to be broken. Just what Chicago needs!

Let's elect a new mayor and his first act is to break the law! woohoo, Chicago politics at it's best!

[City Lights]

15. Shocking. Simply shocking.

:sarcasm:

How utterly predictable.

:thumbsdown: