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Does the Illinois Supreme Court have authority to interpret Senate rules?

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Does the Illinois Supreme Court have authority to interpret Senate rules?

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No. Judging returns is expressly made part of Article 1, Section 5. Courts disagree with factual determinations of matters in other jurisdictions all the time. Does anyone or any judge outside a few courts actually think the WM3 guys are guilty, or that Beatty Chadwick has $2.5M? Probably not. But jurisdiction always trumps facts in the law. An Illinois court cannot, for example, order a West Virginia prisoner released because in its assessment of fact – no matter how completely clear and irrebutable – the prisoner is innocent. This is true even if there was sworn testimony, video footage, the whole works: there is no jurisdiction. And even if the West Virginia courts agreed with the Illinois Court – what Illinois thinks has no bearing. A felon in West Virginia is still one in Illinois, even if Illinois can prove the felon is innocent. Similarly here, the Illinois Supreme Court has made a great argument for why the appointment is valid, but the Senate need not listen to the argument. I

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