On December 9, 2008, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald held an emergency press conference to announce a criminal complaint against then Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. While there were many accusations, the most prominent and inflammatory was...
I don’t pretend to know the ins and outs of Illinois politics. I’ve been following the Rod Blagojevich saga as an outsider looking in, from a legal perspective. One things seems clear to me, as we approach the impeachment trial: Rod Blagojevich is very good at making others look bad.
When Illinois...
Has anybody actually seen the paperwork Roland Burris submitted to the Secretary of the Senate which caused Harry Reid and Dick Durbin to approve seating Burris?
In her January 12, 2009 Press Release, the Secretary of the Senate stated that “Mr. Burris’s certificate, and accompanying documentation, appear to contain all the essential...
Harry Reid and Dick Durbin have been adamant that they will not seat Roland Burris unless Illinois Secretary...
Harry Reid is refusing to seat Roland Burris because Illinois
Secretary of State Jesse White will not sign a
certificate complying with Senate Rule 2.
Reid made the following statement
justifying his position:
And we have a situation here...
Harry Reid refuses to give in to the U.S. Constitution. With each passing day, Reid has been embarrassing himself more and more. The decision of the Illinois Supreme Court ruling that Roland Burris is the lawful appointee of Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes clear that this dispute is about Reid’s ego,...
The Illinois Supreme Court has denied the request of Roland Burris for a writ of mandamus ordering Secretary of State Jesse White to sign and seal the Certificate of Appointment issued by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. While seemingly a loss for Burris, t...
In a previous post, I discussed the lawsuit filed by Roland Burris in the Illinois Supreme Court seeking to compel Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White to sign...
On December 31, 2008, Roland Burris filed suit in the Illinois Supreme Court seeking an order compelling Secretary of State Jesse White to sign and affix the state seal to the Certificate of Appointment (see Exhibit A to Burris’ Complaint) signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointing Burris to Barack Obama’s open...
Legal Insurrection Blog started on October 12, 2008, with what is still my favorite post, Obama is Door No. 2.
In those first days, readership consisted of me, a few relatives, a couple of neighbors, and some friends of relatives. Then a handful of other followers signed on, for reasons I am...
Thanks to
Open Line Blog and
Capitol Fax for cross-posting this piece.
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On Friday, December 12, 2008, Illinois Attorney General Lisa
Madigan filed a motion in the Illinois
Supreme Court seeking emergency injunctive relief removing Gov. Rod
Blagojevich from office, or
alternatively, stripping Blagojevich of his executive powers. On
December 17, 2008,...
Thanks to
Illinois Review for cross-posting this piece.
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On December 19, 2008, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich went in front
of the television cameras and boldly proclaimed that he had done
nothing wrong, much less criminal. Blagojevich pledged to “fight”
to his “last breadth,” invoking words similar to Winston
Churchill’s “fight on the...
Thanks for
Illinois Review for cross-posting this piece.
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The lawsuit filed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to
remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office had almost no legal or
factual basis. Legally, the lawsuit failed to set forth any
authority which would warrant the Illinois Supreme Court
supplanting the constitutional impeachment process...
