Half a bird and a dead fish

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Breaking news from the Chicago Tribune:

In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate panel said Emanuel does not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Chicago for a year prior to the election. The judges reversed a decision by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, which had unanimously agreed that Emanuel was eligible to run for mayor. (Read the ruling here.)

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The majority opinion was written by Appellate Justice Thomas E. Hoffman and concurred with by Presiding Appellate Justice Shelvin Louise Marie Hall.

Appellate Justice Bertina E. Lampkin wrote a dissenting opinion.

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Time is of the essence. Early voting starts a week from today on Jan. 31. An elections board spokesman said ballots have not been printed yet but are scheduled to be printed mid-week.

No doubt we'll see an emergency appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court.

Rahm Emanuel, who lost part of the middle finger of his right hand in a meat slicer accident in his youth no doubt flipped half a bird to the Illinois Court of Appeals this morning. As president Obama once observed, "the loss of part of this finger rendered him almost mute."

Rahm Emanuel once famously (infamously?) sent a dead fish to a political opponent. Two appellate court justices will no doubt be dining on fish for dinner tonight.

And on the day after da' Bears lost at home to those cheeseheads from Green Bay, too. Rahm's having a miserable Monday.