State Court Violates Constitution by Appointing Frankfort Resident to Cook County Bench
Cynthia Cobbs was chosen by the Illinois Supreme Court last month to fill an open judgeship in a county she doesn't reside in, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The appointment of a longtime Frankfort resident to fill a Cook County judgeship is in violation of the Illinois Constitution, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Cynthia Cobbs was picked by the Illinois Supreme Court in September to fill an opening on the Cook County bench, but she's not a resident of the county, which is a requirement under the Constitution, the report said. Her home in Frankfort went on the market Oct. 14, days after the Tribune began investigating her residency.
Cobbs, a former law clerk for State Supreme Court Justice Charles Freeman, would not comment about the appointment to the Tribune. A spokesman for the court said the justices were within their rights to place Cobb on the bench, something legal experts disagree with, the report stated.
According to the report, the State Supreme Court has a questionable history of appointing candidates—mostly politically active Democrats—to the bench after they lost in elections.
According to the Illinois State Bar Association blog:
Ms. Cobbs resigned her position as Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to accept the judicial appointment. She was the first woman and the first African American to serve as Administrative Director and her tenure as Director is the second longest since the position was established in 1960.
What do you think of Cobbs' appointment? Should she step down? Or would it be all right for her to serve on the bench if she moves to Cook County?
Dennis Robaugh
3:44 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
A politically active Democrat lives in Frankfort? Maybe that's the real news here.
john bruno
6:36 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
This lady never had a real job so why is everyone surprised?
Tom
9:13 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
This is corruption
Pat F
7:57 am on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
This is just more of the arrogance these people show everyday!! They totally ignore the laws and do whatever fits their personal agendas.........
P Roberts
1:11 pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
I'm not clear, what people? Pols, or local governments, or just plain connected folks?
There is so much crime going on its hard to keep it straight. Who opened the borders by the way, and gave orders for Border Guards to stand down Do you know? Because I do, my nephew was a supervisory border guard and does know, and also how hard the Guards fought to stop it. He resigned soon after. Who filled our schools with illegals? While attempting to fire certified teachers, who was breaking every rule in the book? Be honest now. Please explain who "THESE PEOPLE" are. I have a feeling it will be a wild guess at best.Try hard to remember who was really in charge when it all started.
Juvenal
1:26 pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
My friend Plato said that in the ideal polity, philosophers would become kings, or kings would become philosophers. In this fair state, we tolerate persons who wouldn't succeed as used car salesmen becoming legislators. Lunatics and mealy-mouthed wimps becoming governors, and politically connected lawyers who'd be lucky to croung up dog bite cases to become state supreme court justices. This is what you want, this is what you get......
frank
8:38 pm on Thursday, October 27, 2011
When it hits the fan, you know the ceiling is a little further up.
The people will have had enough and then they react with not so pleasant results.
God help us for being so stupid and lacking basic common sense.
I know she will use the Emmanuel Residency case in some way.
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