Al Capone Would Be Proud

By Semperpapa

In a move that probably broke every speed record for a state Supreme Court decision, the Illinois Supreme court voted unanimously to allow Rahm Emanuel to be included on the ballot for Chicago mayoral race.

Challengers to Emanuel’s candidacy, and a lower court, had agreed that Emanuel did not meet the qualifications of residency the law in Illinois demands. According to the rules, a mayoral candidate must have resided in the city for at least a year prior to the elections.

Emanuel, who has been the attack dog for Obama for two years, clearly did not meet the requirement, but the highest court of the state declared him eligible anyway, proving, once again, that the rule of law in the world of liberals, is nothing more than just an annoyance and a distraction.

Al Capone would be really proud of the accomplishment.

The court stated, in their decision, that they wanted the people of Chicago to have all the power in deciding who they wanted to vote for, and the hell with the law.

The Chicago Tribune reports:

On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court put the appellate ruling on hold, restoring Emanuel temporarily to the ballot, and agreed to take the case. The justices did not want to hear arguments or receive new legal briefings from the attorneys on either side of the ballot dispute. Instead, they used the material the attorneys already filed at the appellate level.

That’s convenient.

So the campaign begins for the Feb. 22 elections. The 300,000 ballots printed without Emanuel’s name on it due to appellate court decision are in the trash and the new ones are being printed.

Meanwhile, Emanuel’s campaigners head for fish markets to buy all the dead fish they can in order to send Rahm’s electoral message to the people of Chicago.

Just my thoughts!