Bill Text: IL SR0037 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Thanks Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, for his distinguished service in presiding over the Senate during the impeachment trial of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0037 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0037-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 14, of the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Constitution provides that, when the Governor of the State of | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois is tried on impeachment, the Chief Justice of the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois Supreme Court shall preside over the Senate; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Pursuant to the Senate Impeachment Rules, on | ||||||
| 7 | January 14, 2009, the Senate notified Thomas R. Fitzgerald, | ||||||
| 8 | Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, of the time and | ||||||
| 9 | place fixed for consideration of the article of impeachment | ||||||
| 10 | against Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 11 | and requested the Chief Justice to attend; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In the intervening days since January 14, 2009, | ||||||
| 13 | Chief Justice Fitzgerald has presided over the Senate, when | ||||||
| 14 | sitting as an impeachment tribunal for the purpose of trying | ||||||
| 15 | the article of impeachment, for long hours over many days; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Chief Justice Fitzgerald, in presiding over the | ||||||
| 17 | Senate, has exhibited extraordinary qualities of fairness, | ||||||
| 18 | patience, equanimity, and wisdom; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, By his manner of presiding over the Senate, Chief | ||||||
| 20 | Justice Fitzgerald has contributed greatly to the Senate's | ||||||
| 21 | decorum and has ensured that the impeachment trial proceedings | ||||||
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| 1 | were in all respects consistent with the Senate's Impeachment | ||||||
| 2 | Rules and fair, impartial, and dignified to both the House | ||||||
| 3 | Prosecutor and Governor; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Senate and the State of Illinois are indebted | ||||||
| 5 | to Chief Justice Fitzgerald for his distinguished and valued | ||||||
| 6 | service in fulfilling his constitutional duty to preside over | ||||||
| 7 | the Senate in the trial of the article of impeachment; | ||||||
| 8 | therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Senate expresses | ||||||
| 11 | its profound gratitude to Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Chief Justice | ||||||
| 12 | of the Illinois Supreme Court, for his distinguished service in | ||||||
| 13 | presiding over the Senate, while sitting as an impeachment | ||||||
| 14 | tribunal for the purpose of trying the article of impeachment | ||||||
| 15 | against Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 16 | and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court as | ||||||
| 19 | a symbol of our appreciation for his distinguished service to | ||||||
| 20 | the People of Illinois.
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