Discussion:
Fitzgerald blew it with Blagojevich
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Kurt Nicklas
2009-01-08 00:46:12 UTC
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Yes, but the Sos is not the one that the voters of the state elected
to make the decision as to whether the candidate is viable.
In fact, it has nothing at all to do with the State of Illinois.
Well, sorta. It does have to do with the state because the SoS must
sign off on it. It is, however, a "rule" rather than a law, and the
state
is entitled to ignore the rule if it wishes.
The requirement for a Secretary of State signature is a *Senate*
rule.  It is not clear that they have the authority to make such a
requirement, because it is equivalent to an Unconstitutional Federal
rule that creates a specific requirement for a State government.
This one gets tough. Colorado overturned its restriction on the number
of
terms a Senator (as well as all other elected officials) could serve
based
on the fact that the state cannot overturn a Federal eligibility, and
the Constitution
enforces no such term limit.
For you to be right, this would have to be wrong, and this has been
upheld by
both state and federal courts.
For my part, I'm enjoying this Blago farce no end. I knew that
Hussein's connections with the Chicago demo-mob would produce some
scandals but even I had no idea they would start before even taking
office.

What a hoot!
4881 Dead, 14 since 1/20/09
2009-02-04 03:49:45 UTC
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Yes, but the Sos is not the one that the voters of the state
elected to make the decision as to whether the candidate is viable.
In fact, it has nothing at all to do with the State of Illinois.
Well, sorta. It does have to do with the state because the SoS must
sign off on it. It is, however, a "rule" rather than a law, and the
state
is entitled to ignore the rule if it wishes.
The requirement for a Secretary of State signature is a *Senate*
rule.  It is not clear that they have the authority to make such a
requirement, because it is equivalent to an Unconstitutional Federal
rule that creates a specific requirement for a State government.
This one gets tough. Colorado overturned its restriction on the number
of
terms a Senator (as well as all other elected officials) could serve
based
on the fact that the state cannot overturn a Federal eligibility, and
the Constitution
enforces no such term limit.
For you to be right, this would have to be wrong, and this has been
upheld by
both state and federal courts.
For my part, I'm enjoying this Blago farce no end. I knew that Hussein's
connections with the Chicago demo-mob would produce some scandals but
even I had no idea they would start before even taking office.
What a hoot!
Gosh, Knicks, I guess you didn't hear out on the pig farm that Blaggo got
impeached, and the trial didn't reveal a whiff of scandal involving Obama.

Maybe you can get Slutnik to make you squeal like a piggy and then you'll
feel better.
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“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the
entrails of the last priest.” -Dennis Diderot Pay your taxes so the rich
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