Justice Department Sues School for Refusing to OK Teacher's Pilgrimage to Mecca

Of course they were sued, how dare anyone deny Muslims their right to do whatever they want.
Especially in the home state of the Obama.


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The federal government sued a suburban Chicago school district Monday for denying a Muslim middle school teacher unpaid leave to make a pilgrimage to Mecca that is a central part of her religion.

In a civil rights case, the department said the school district in Berkeley, Ill., denied the request of Safoorah Khan on grounds that her requested leave was unrelated to her professional duties and was not set forth in the contract between the school district and the teachers union. In doing so the school district violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to reasonably accommodate her religious practices, the government said.

Khan wanted to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in a lifetime if they are physically and financially able to. Millions go each year.

FBI Says It Supplied Fake Bomb in Chicago Plot

So why do some people still scream Islamaphobia ?




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CHICAGO -- A man arrested for allegedly placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field got the fake explosive from an FBI undercover agent, authorities say -- a tactic that has been used in other U.S. terrorism cases in recent years.

Sami Samir Hassoun, 22, a Lebanese citizen living in Chicago for about three years, was charged Monday with one count each of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of an explosive device.

Chicago Approves Tough New Handgun Restrictions

So here we go , 4 days after the supreme court says that we as American citizens are allowed to own a handgun NO MATTER WHAT ! Chicago votes unanimously to ban Handguns everywhere but outside your home , including in gun shops !

WTF , are these Douchenozzles afraid of ? Are they afraid that someone will actually use one IN SELF DEFENSE ? or maybe use one to stop a criminal from committing a crime ?

Man it makes your head spin !

These little hubs of America that think they can just DICTATE how things are going to be , make me sick !



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CHICAGO -- Members of the Chicago City Council have approved what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States.

Friday's 45-0 vote comes four days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling made it almost certain that Chicago's handgun ban would be overturned. The high court ruled Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.

The new city ordinance bans gun shops in Chicago and prohibits gun owners from stepping outside their homes, even onto their porches or garages, with a handgun.

Stupid ass Politician !

This Jackass is a real piece of work ! I think it would be hard to be more Busted than this Douche Of a Democrat is busted !!!
But Denial reigns supreme in politics when you have just plain Fucked up!
Should he step down ,Hell Yes ! it should not even be a question!
should he be prosecuted , Most definitely ! and he should get the harshest penalty Allowed for this kind of crime !
Anyone who defends this Prick , In the court or outside , should also be investigated ( where there is smoke their is a crooked politician)
I'm not saying that everyone is Guilty , It's just that when you are caught red handed "SELLING" a political seat in any way ! It should be hard for you to stick up for the guy!

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request that embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich be temporarily removed from office amid charges he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.

The ruling, issued without comment, came as Blagojevich began fighting efforts in the state legislature to impeach him.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a Democrat as is Blagojevich and Obama, had asked the court to use a never tested provision allowing the governor to be removed for disability, saying that the charges against him placed him in that category.

"Because of Governor Blagojevich's refusal to resign, the state of Illinois is in an unsustainable situation," Madigan said in a statement after the Supreme Court decision.

"The serious criminal charges against Governor Blagojevich strike directly at the heart of his decision-making process and seriously impede his ability to legitimately exercise the powers of his office," she said. "I am hopeful that the General Assembly will act with deliberate speed."

Blagojevich and his chief of staff were charged on December 9 with conspiracy to bribe in a scheme to swap political favors, including choice of Obama's replacement, for cash, high-paying jobs or other considerations. They have not been indicted and the governor through his lawyers has denied any wrongdoing.

Obama's U.S. Senate seat at the center of the scandal remained unfilled, with Blagojevich holding sole power to fill it but not acting in the face of suspicion that any choice would now be tainted.

Quick action to fill the seat now looks unlikely before Congress convenes on January 6 ahead of Obama's inauguration.

LAWYER CHALLENGES LAWMAKERS

Blagojevich sent his criminal defense lawyer, Edward Genson, to the state capitol in Springfield to challenge a committee of state lawmakers trying to decide whether impeachment proceedings -- with possible removal from office -- are warranted.

"I find nothing, nothing ... that talks about what the basis for impeaching can be," or what it takes to prove the action is warranted, Genson told the bipartisan committee.

Genson, a prominent Chicago defense attorney who recently helped the R&B star R. Kelly gain acquittal on child pornography charges, also suggested that some members of the House panel be removed because they had already said in public that impeachment is warranted.

The panel's chair, state Rep. Barbara Currie, a Democrat from Chicago, told Genson the hearing was not a court of law and that members could not be expelled.

She said she was satisfied there was a legal underpinning for the committee, which could meet for weeks before deciding on impeachment proceedings.

The federal complaint filed last week by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was detailed in a 76-page affidavit supported by numerous court-approved wiretaps.
Fitzgerald's investigation is still going on and he has made clear Obama is not implicated in the matter.

Blagojevich on Wednesday went on with business as usual, telling reporters in Chicago that he is "dying" to tell his side of the story and would do so soon.

When the new U.S. Congress meets in January, Democrats will hold 57 of the 100 Senate seats, with the Illinois seat vacant and the outcome of a Republican-held Minnesota Senate race still undecided.

Democrats are counting on retaining Obama's seat for their party. Republican-backed efforts to hold a special election that they would have a chance of winning have so far failed.