The Illinois Appellate Court has signaled that may hear Rahm Emanuel’s appeal. It will at least reconsider the briefs filed with the three judge Appellate Court panel that kicked Emanuel off the Chicago mayoral ballot.
There will be no oral arguments, only the same briefs as heard by the Illinois Appellate Court, sources say.
“It has never happened before,” says Burt Odelson, attorney for Emanuel challengers. Odelson says he’s done election law for 30 years and has never seen judges not take new briefs.
Ballots are being printed today, so today’s court order granting Emanuel’s partial stay came just in time.
According to the order, “Board of Election is directed that if any ballots are printed while this court is considering the case the ballots should include the name of petitioner Rahm Emanuel as a candidate for the mayor of City of Chicago.”
Not quite an outright victory for Rahm, but more than he had last night. It does seem unusual that no new briefs will be allowed. This is getting interesting.
Link via Memeorandum
He could easily have pulled a Murkowski and gone for the write in vote–Rahm is easier to spell .