Illinois AG Ready To Act Against Blagojevich

Since disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich has indicated he has no plans to do the right thing and resign from his post as governor despite his scandal and a request from Obama to do so.

While this means he could still make the senate replacement nomination from the comfort of his cell the Illinois AG is looking to move quickly and block that:

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she’s ready to go to the state Supreme Court to have Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he doesn’t resign soon or get impeached by the Legislature.

“I have the opportunity to go to our Illinois Supreme Court and ask them to declare our governor is unable to serve and put in our lieutenant governor as acting governor,” Madigan, a longtime Blagojevich foe who is considering a run for governor in 2010, told CNN.

She said she “won’t wait terribly long” but wants a signal from lawmakers if they will move quickly on impeachment proceedings.

Legislative leaders planned a special session Monday to strip Blagojevich of his power to pick a new U.S. senator, putting the decision in the hands of Illinois voters instead.

I imagine most politicians aren’t too keen to jump into this tainted position, but some names should emerge soon. Hopefully it won’t be names we saw on another list.

Source: AP

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