The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the inexplicable ruling by the Appeals Court that Rahm Emmanuel was ineligible to run for mayor of Chicago. They also gave a little spanking to the Appeals Court.
Rahm Emanuel can run for mayor of Chicago. The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that Emanuel is eligible, overturning an appellate court decision, and ending months of legal back-and-forth.
In the decision, the higher court offered this criticism: “the novel standard adopted by the appellate court majority is without any foundation in Illinois law.”
I know there are a lot of people who don’t like Rahm Emmanuel but that ruling was ridiculous.