Rahm Prevails In Court

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The Illinois Supreme Court has unanimously found Rahm Emanuel to be eligible to run for mayor of Chicago, preserving his name on the ballot.

In doing so the court smacked (.pdf) around the state appeals court that had thrown things into turmoil for the Rahm camp and election officials: “the novel standard adopted by the appellate court majority is without any foundation in Illinois law.”

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