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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block Obama center construction in Chicago's Jackson Park
Chicago Tribune ^ | 6/11/2019 | Lolly Bowean

Posted on 06/11/2019 11:27:18 AM PDT by simpson96

In a surprising move, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the city of Chicago was within its authority when it approved the Obama Foundation’s plan to construct the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.

After listening to nearly an hour of arguments on both sides, U.S. Judge John Robert Blakey said the construction to the sprawling Obama Center campus can begin and dismissed the lawsuit filed by environmentalists that aimed to halt it.

Technically, the foundation still has to finish a federal review process before it can break ground on the $500 million development. But Tuesday’s decision removed one major hurdle.

“The facts are clear in this case and the law is more settled than the parties are suggesting,” Blakey said from the bench.

“Everyone’s had their day in court. … There’s been no rush to judgment,” he said before declaring there should be “no delay in construction. This case is dismissed.”

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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KEYWORDS: chicago; hussein; jackson; library; liebarry; obama; park; public
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To: laplata

“Hearing the name Obama or seeing his picture or hearing his voice will disgust me till the day I die.”

I know what you mean, but...for Chicago, at least...I want Chicagoans to be forced to look at the Obama “memorial” and remember THEY’RE the ones that birthed this unholy, Halfrican bi#ch...


21 posted on 06/11/2019 1:02:23 PM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

“I know what you mean, but...for Chicago, at least...I want Chicagoans to be forced to look at the Obama “memorial” and remember THEY’RE the ones that birthed this unholy, Halfrican bi#ch..”.

I like your thinking and way with words.


22 posted on 06/11/2019 1:11:16 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: simpson96

Chicago f__ked again by His Arrogance!!!!


23 posted on 06/11/2019 1:12:15 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego; simpson96; AFreeBird

24 posted on 06/11/2019 4:27:43 PM PDT by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: simpson96
“The facts are clear in this case and the law is more settled than the parties are suggesting,” Blakey said from the bench.

In other words, screw you, bend over - here it comes.

25 posted on 06/11/2019 6:33:23 PM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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