The subordination of even the most important operations of state government to even the least such of the Federal Government impresses itself upon the mind in virtually every day’s news. Consider the current impeachment drama in Illinois. The prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, told the Illinois legislature that it should not allow Governor Rod Blagojevich to subpoena key Obama functionaries. As the Illinois House of Representatives considers the question of his impeachment, his counsel, Edward Genson, asked the committee to subpoena 21 witnesses. Included on the list were soon-to-be Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and close Obama aide Valerie … Continue reading The Railroading of Blagojevich