Legal Commentary

Rahm Emanuel Asks Illinois Supreme Court to Review Appellate Decision That Disqualified Him from Running for Mayor

By Eugene Volokh

My post on the appellate decision is here; Emanuel?s petition is here. Thanks to Rick Hasen (Election Law Blog) for the pointer. Disclosure: I noticed that lawyers from Mayer Brown LLP, the law firm with which I work on a part-part-part-time basis, are involved in the case; but I haven?t worked on the matter, and this is the first time I learned of Mayer?s involvement. (I?m not surprised, though, by the involvement; Mayer is headquartered in Chicago, and generally gets involved in lots of the juicy high-profile cases, both there and elsewhere.)

UPDATE: The Illinois Supreme Court has stayed the lower court decision, and ordered 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 Mayor of the City of Chicago.? The court has not yet agreed to hear the case, though; ?[t]hat part of the motion requesting expedited consideration of the petition for leave to appeal remains pending.? Thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).