Who said Monday's suck. This is great news for a Monday!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41235763/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41235763/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001
Rocco: There's two kinds of people in this world when you boil it all down. You got your talkers and you got your doers. Most people are just talkers, all they do is talk. But when it is all said and done, it's the doers that change this world. And when they do that, they change us, and that's why we never forget them. So which one are you? Do you just talk about it, or do you stand up and do something about it? Because believe you me, all the rest of it is just coffee house and bull.
Who said Monday's suck. This is great news for a Monday!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41235763/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001
Do you think he will probably take it to a higher authority and try to get this ruling overturned?
I don't like Emmanuel's politics.
That being said, I think he is right on this one. Folks go to DC all the time to serve without giving up their residency. Residency is a matter or intent. Assignments by the federal government, in and of themselves, do not change residency.
Did Emmanuel change his driver's license to DC? Did he file taxes in DC and not IL? Did his personal vehicle have DC or IL tags? Did he maintain IL voting registration? etc.
If Emmanuel's intent was to return to IL after serving in the White House, typically as demonstrated by maintaining documentary ties to IL, then he maintained his residency, much like my residency did not change every time the AF reassigned me. I did everything to demonstrate my intention to be a TX resident during my first assignment, and then maintained that residency with my DL, absentee voting, etc.
Now, if Emmanuel did something stupid like not filing taxes in IL while living in DC, then he blew it and demonstrated a lack of intent to be an IL resident.
Did you read the ruling? It addressed all that.
http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2011/1stDistrict/January/1110033.pdf
I don't like Emmanuel's politics.
That being said, I think he is right on this one. Folks go to DC all the time to serve without giving up their residency. Residency is a matter or intent. Assignments by the federal government, in and of themselves, do not change residency.
Did Emmanuel change his driver's license to DC? Did he file taxes in DC and not IL? Did his personal vehicle have DC or IL tags? Did he maintain IL voting registration? etc.
If Emmanuel's intent was to return to IL after serving in the White House, typically as demonstrated by maintaining documentary ties to IL, then he maintained his residency, much like my residency did not change every time the AF reassigned me. I did everything to demonstrate my intention to be a TX resident during my first assignment, and then maintained that residency with my DL, absentee voting, etc.
Now, if Emmanuel did something stupid like not filing taxes in IL while living in DC, then he blew it and demonstrated a lack of intent to be an IL resident.
"They are looking at the statute and taking it at face value," said Christopher Keleher, a Chicago-based expert on appellate litigation. "They say it requires you live here physically for a year. He didn't, so they say he doesn't qualify. "
I don't like Emmanuel's politics.
That being said, I think he is right on this one. Folks go to DC all the time to serve without giving up their residency. Residency is a matter or intent. Assignments by the federal government, in and of themselves, do not change residency.
Did Emmanuel change his driver's license to DC? Did he file taxes in DC and not IL? Did his personal vehicle have DC or IL tags? Did he maintain IL voting registration? etc.
If Emmanuel's intent was to return to IL after serving in the White House, typically as demonstrated by maintaining documentary ties to IL, then he maintained his residency, much like my residency did not change every time the AF reassigned me. I did everything to demonstrate my intention to be a TX resident during my first assignment, and then maintained that residency with my DL, absentee voting, etc.
Now, if Emmanuel did something stupid like not filing taxes in IL while living in DC, then he blew it and demonstrated a lack of intent to be an IL resident.
Kind of reminds me of Obama's born on, oops born in issue.