Illinois attorney general goes to court on governor  |
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 When you refuse to leave office gracefully.....
(CNN) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a motion with the state Supreme Court about Gov. Rod Blagojevich's "inability" to do his job, Madigan spokeswoman Robin Ziegler said Friday.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested this week on federal corruption charges.
Madigan will hold a news conference Friday about the matter, her office said.
Madigan said Thursday that stepping down is the "right thing" for Blagojevich to do.
She added, "If he fails to, the two other options are obviously the Legislature moving forward on impeachment, or I have the opportunity to actually go to our Illinois Supreme Court and ask them to declare basically that our governor is unable to serve," she said.
In that case, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn would become acting governor, she said.
Madigan had said she wouldn't wait "terribly long" to take action.
The complete story can be found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/12/blagojevich/index.html
Anyone taking bets as to what he's going to do now? 
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1.  kennyrose (4057) | 1 year ago |  This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.
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 anniepa (9252) | 1 year ago |  I can't WAIT to hear the statement his hair makes...lol! What the heck is up with that?
Annie
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| kennyrose (4057) | 1 year ago | Gov Blagojevick is being accused and has not yet been indited so until they indite him he don't have to resign.
I don't think the members of the Chicago political machine is thinking about the gov hair they are thinking they don't really want to spend up to thirty year's of their life's behind steel bars.
The Gov and John Harris same as Tony Rezko will sing to the FBI and all will be left is the crying.
Tony Rezko is facing life behind steel bars and he has a second trial in the spring of 2009,he was to be sentenced on Jan 6,2009 but when the Gov and John Harris was busted the FBI are saying his sentences date may be delayed.
The FBI dose this when they want more information out of the prisoner or the prisoner wants to sign some more.
It appears the FBI has told Tony Rezko they have people wanting to sing to them so guess Tony Rezko may be ready to cough up the information the FI wants on certain players in Chicago and trust Tony Rezko being a very big player in the Chicago machine unit knows their names and even their birth dates.
I think it is clear some big political hot dog's are going down in this big fish net.
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2.  xfahctor (5475)  | 1 year ago |  I'm really glad I don't live in Illinois right now. Sticky mess they have indeed.
The one thing the governor has on his side right now is time and he knows this. The legislative process is leangthy and impeachment is but one step in the removal process. The AG can go to the supreme court but, though she seems convinced otherwise, the constitutionality of doing so is in question and the only perscribed remedy is therough the legislature, it is not even certain the state supreme court will be willing to take it up. The federal supreme court can do nothing as there is no authority given to them, the state takes precedent here. Obviously congress and the president can do nothing, as again, the state takes precedence and there is no authortiy given.
So lets say the governor continues to refuse to step down, the state supreme court rules and they impose a restraining order on his authority (which is what the AG has said she would first seek) or they rule him disabled or unable to serve. If he chooses to ignore this, what then? And then there is the possibility, remember the governor has time on hs side, that he could continue to refuse to step down, and as protests and unrest begins, as often happens when people get mad at "the man", he could use this as an excuse to impliment martial law, as was done in times of civil unrest and states of emergency, activate the state and national guard, and presto, you now have an unremovable man.
He still runs the state police, he still is commander in chief of the state and national guard, he remains in office untill he is officialy arrested and is out of the way for the legislature to replace.
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| 3. myklj999 (7262) | 1 year ago |  I am hoping they act quickly to remove him from office or somehow curb his power. I'm rather pissed that he can be allowed to remain in power after being arrested and charged with what he has been.
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| 4. anniepa (9252) | 1 year ago | I sure wish they could get him out of office immediately but I guess that's not going to happen. It's unbelievable that in this country someone can't be removed from power immediately when they're accused of this kind of criminal activity.
My money is on him refusing to leave until they have to drag him out by his hair with both him and his wife cursing up a storm on the way out!
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