For something like 24 hours, the rule of law prevailed in Illinois. The state’s Supremes put a quick end to that. From the Chicago Tribune:
The state Supreme Court today issued a stay of the appellate court order knocking Rahm Emanuel off the ballot and ordered Chicago election officials not to print any ballots without his name.
“It is ordered that the emergency motion by petitioner Rahm Emanuel for stay pending appeal is allowed in part,” the order stated. “The appellate court decision is stayed.
“The Board of Elections is directed that if any ballots are printed while this Court is considering this case, the ballots should include the name of petitioner Rahm Emanuel as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Chicago.”
Read the whole thing here. So, the fix is in. Even if the Supreme’s go ahead and rule Rahm ineligible, he’ll just go ahead and run his campaign. When he prevails, then we’ll go through the whole “democracy under assault” with judges denying the people their choice. Sheesh, we are unserious people sometimes.
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