Two out of three�Illinois appellate court judges ruled today in joint decision that Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel should be removed from the February primary ballot.� Next stop is the Illinois Supreme Court, divided with a four Democrat, three Republican bench.�
Burt Odelson, the attorney who led the charge to throw Emanuel off the ballot, said the appellate court appears to have adopted all of his arguments that the state municipal code requires candidates for mayor in Illinois to reside within the town in which they"re running for a year prior to Election Day.
Emanuel"s attorneys had argued state election code, which covers eligibility to vote, should also count toward eligibility to run for mayor.� However, Justice Hoffman wrote: Sneither the [election] board nor the party have, however, referred us to any Supreme Court opinion ratifying, adopting or directly addressing this approach.
And Emanuel's representative in court should raise the eyebrows of Democrats in Chicago.� Mike Kaspar is House Speaker Mike Madigan's right hand attorney, who is the attorney that appears most often in court on behalf of�Illinois' Democratic Party:
Emanuel attorney Mike Kasper said he would file an appeal with the state Supreme Court either today or Tuesday. He said having the one dissenting opinion from Justice Lampkin should help his cause.
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