Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Legislative Re-Do Strips McHenry and Lake Counties of Judges
That’s what Associated Press is reporting is the gist of an Illinois Supreme Court decision.
When the Illinois General Assembly split McHenry County off into a separate judicial court district and mandated districts for the election of judges, it accomplished more than the ruling Democrats desired.
House Speaker Mike Madigan’s vaunted technical folks blew it big time.
The originally approved legislation gave more judges to the Republican counties.
Realizing their mistake, the Democrats abolished the judgeships after folks had filed in the primary election for them. The prospective judges got a court decision allowing them to stay on the ballot and there they will apparently stay, even though the office they are running for “done be gone,” so to speak.
You can read the court decision here.
When the Illinois General Assembly split McHenry County off into a separate judicial court district and mandated districts for the election of judges, it accomplished more than the ruling Democrats desired.House Speaker Mike Madigan’s vaunted technical folks blew it big time.
The originally approved legislation gave more judges to the Republican counties.
Realizing their mistake, the Democrats abolished the judgeships after folks had filed in the primary election for them. The prospective judges got a court decision allowing them to stay on the ballot and there they will apparently stay, even though the office they are running for “done be gone,” so to speak.
You can read the court decision here.
