I'm for winning within the rules. The rules in this case were devised by the FOUNDERS who had NO INTENTION that outsiders come in and "run" to "represent" people of another state.
Do you realize what you are opening the door to? Any sports icon/Hollywood celebrity who has 10 years' worth of free advertising descending on, say, Montana and "rescuing" the state. Nope, it's wrong.
"I'm for winning within the rules."
So am I. No rules are being broken. Read the other posters, they say it all.
"The rules in this case were devised by the FOUNDERS who had NO INTENTION that outsiders come in and "run" to "represent" people of another state. "
The founders didnt contemplate popular election of Senators, yet we have them ... hmmmm. The Constitution didnt set residency requirements and is silent on that. Federalism LEAVES THAT TO THE STATES.
Ultimately, is it up to the VOTERS OF ILLINOIS TO DECIDE.
That's the rules.
To invent some 'rules' about residency above and beyond the laws of Illinois is silly. It's up to the voters to factor that into their consideration of who will represent them.
so your invention of some moral 'rule' out of thin air is actually *anti-Federalist*. Real Federalism leaves it to each state to decide. Each situation should be looked at as a case-by-case basis.
"Do you realize what you are opening the door to? Any sports icon/Hollywood celebrity who has 10 years' worth of free advertising descending on, say, Montana and "rescuing" the state. Nope, it's wrong."
I am opening nothing.
These kinds of races have been run for generations. Think RFK back in 1960s getting the New York senate nod (Hillary's following his game plan) ... half a dozen of the Democrats in the senate today are in that class, with tenuous connections to their home state, and numerous Republicans in the past. Congressional reps too; many are Washington creatures who invade a state to run for office... the latest example would be that feminist liberal Herseth who managed to win the South Dakota Congressional seat. From SD, but a Washington creature for 2 decades. She in no way represents those who live there, and now gets to live in DC on taxpayers dime voting against the conservative values of the Dakota farmers who voted for her. Go Figure.
This isnt new at all.
Do you realize how many Senators and other politicians in the first, say 50 years under our constitution had moved in from other parts of the country?
I haven't researched it but off the top of my head several examples come to mind.
they may or may not approve of what keyes is being asked to do, but no honest reading of history can suggest that they did not consider it possible but likely that an office holder might be a new resident. After all, the set up stringent residence requirements for President, so it's not like the issue didn't cross their mind.