One of the stated reasons for the application to the Supreme Court is that the State faces a fiscal crisis precipitated by the Attorney General's inability to certify that the Governor is entitled to act on behalf of the State. As reported by AP:
One problem. What if the Supreme Court rejects the motion? What does the Attorney General do then? She already has made representations to the Court that she is unable to certify that the Governor is able to act on behalf of the State. Is she going to rescind that representation and then certify the Governor so that the State can borrow money necessary for its operations?Illinois has billions of dollars in unpaid bills, including payments to Medicaid patients, hospitals, pharmacies, nursing homes and schools, and the state has approved $1.4 billion in short-term borrowing to keep cash flowing. But before the borrowing takes effect, Madigan said she has to certify that there is not any legal proceeding threatening the ability of the governor to hold his office.
In light of Friday's filing by her office, Madigan said she can't sign that.
"We will not be able to move forward on it until we have a different governor," Comptroller Dan Hynes said.
The Attorney General took a long shot in going to Court to resolve a political dispute. If she loses in Court, she will have to go back on her word to the Court or let the State sink into complete fiscal crisis. The Illinois Attorney General has boxed herself and the State into an unnecessary fiscal box, from which she will find it hard to escape.
Hmmmm. Maybe she's not that much smarter than Blago. Or she has Delusions of Adequacy, too.
ReplyDelete"Is she going to rescind that representation and then certify the Governor so that the State can borrow money necessary for its operations?"
ReplyDeleteYes, that's precisely what she'll do, since the representation she made to the court was a perjury.
The Illinois Attorney General's suit will be quickly tossed from the courts. The Illinois constitution provides the appropriate remedy in this instance, and that is impeachment. Otherwise, the governor has not been convicted of anything. Until a judge and jury decide, the statements of the Federal prosecutor are just his opinions. I would have thought that the Illinois Attorney General, more than anyone else, would realize that her suit is meritless.
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