ANDY MARTIN asks Appellate Court to block Republican vote fraud

Andy Martin exposed in greater detail Tuesday how Pat Brady, Brien Sheahan and John Fogarty, jr. are committing criminal violations of federal law by using Andrew Heffernan as a stooge to conduct harassing litigation against political opponents. Martin asked the Illinois Appellate Court in Chicago to block further vote fraud efforts by Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty.



IN THE ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT

Docket Number: 10-2726

ANDY MARTIN,

Appellant,

vs.

ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS, et al.,

Appellees.


MOTION TO PRECLUDE REPUBLICAN PARTY ATTORNEYS
FROM PROCEEDING IN THIS COURT WITHOUT A BONA FIDE CLIENT

Illinois’ election laws are a virtual temple of corruption and accommodation to corrupt machine politics. Everything that can be done to deny democracy to the people of this state can be found in the Election Code.
One of the particular banes of democracy in Illinois is election "objectors” who are not objectors at all but merely shills/fronts/stooges for “election lawyers” who are surreptitiously paid by both political parties to hamstring their opponents with lawsuits.
While Illinois may be free to encourage corrupt practices as to state elections, Illinois is only an agent for the federal government when it conducts elections for federal office. Appellant is a legally qualified candidate for federal office (see attached). Legal status as a candidate is conferred by federal law, not by state election statutes.
Andrew Heffernan is a Republican Party shill. The Heffernan name pops up in court as a proxy used by Republican State Chairman Pat Brady (a former federal lawyer who should know better himself), Brien Sheahan ("General Counsel" for the Illinois Republican Party), and John Fogarty, Jr., a Republican factotum. Heffernan is a “party” to this litigation in “name only.”
On September 20th the ultimate absurdity and fraud of the Republican Party was exposed in circuit court.
Mr. Sheahan appeared and claimed he had “not been served” with the circuit court proceedings. The reason Sheahan had not been served was because the Election Code mandates service on the objector, not the attorney. Circuit court review is treated as an independent level of litigation.
In other words, Sheahan confessed he was not communicating with his “client” but that he was nevertheless there to “represent” someone who is not even remotely his bona fide client.
The terms of a bona fide attorney/client relationship are well known to this Court. They involve, at a minimum, client meetings, payment of fees, a written retainer agreement and appearances in court. On information and belief Heffernan satisfies none of these criteria.
Given that Heffernan did not authorize his attorney to appear in court on September 20th, and that Heffernan himself defaulted and did not appear, Appellant asks this Court to declare that Heffernan is not a party on appeal and that Sheahan and Fogarty may not further represent straw parties with whom they do not enjoy a documented bona fide attorney/client relationship.
There is a further criminal dimension to this controversy. Federal courts have been somewhat lax with their supervision of state elections for state offices. But elections for federal office are conducted under federal, not state, law even though the mechanics are conducted by the several states.
Federal law requires full disclosure, and bars both surreptitious receipts and expenditures by candidates or persons supporting or opposing federal candidates. What Messrs. Heffernan, Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty have been doing appears to amount to federal criminal activity, because it is designed to defraud both the State Board of Elections and the Illinois state courts as to who is really importuning, promoting and maintaining election litigation, see United States v. Mariani, 212 F.Supp.2d 361, 373-379 (M.D. Pa. 2002).
No court should tolerate lying and misrepresentation by officers of the Court concerning the true nature of who is paying counsel fees and who is trumping up lawsuits. Proxy parties are unlawful unless full disclosure is made to the tribunal.
It is regrettable that this is the first instance and first intermediate appellate court in Illinois that has now been asked to put an end to proxy litigation being orchestrated and paid for by the Illinois Republican Party (or by the Democratic party for that matter). But, better late than never, the issue is now sub judice.
Most respectfully, this Court is asked to enter an order awarding both Appellant and the appearance of justice in the judicial system appropriate relief.

DATED: September 21, 2010
Respectfully submitted,

ANDY MARTIN
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SERVICE OF NOTICES:

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ANDY MARTIN
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Chicago, IL 60611-4723

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify I have served the parties as set forth in the Notice of Filing on September 21, 2010
ANDY MARTIN

ANDY MARTIN: Mark Kirk’s lawyers get caught in a lie

Illinois corruption-fighter Andy Martin caught Mark Kirk’s lawyers in a lie. In a heated Monday morning hearing in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Kirk’s attorneys, who are trying to keep Martin off the ballot, admitted they had lost contact with their “client” Andrew Heffernan. Heffernan faces possible criminal charges for violating federal election laws by falsely claiming he was interested in opposing Martin, when Heffernan was only a front man for the Republican Party. Federal Election law makes it a felony to engage in “conduit” political activity in federal campaigns.


Corruption fighter Andy Martin says that DuPage County Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted in open court he and John Fogarty, Jr. are basically conducting fraudulent litigation against Andy

ANDY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIS CAMPAIGN “BUNKER BUSTERS” IN A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE

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Andy Martin was in the Circuit Court of Cook County Monday when Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted he was not communicating with his own “client”

Martin is working to put an end to the fraudulent Illinois campaign practice of “fronts” and “shams” used by Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party to conduct election litigation on behalf of Mark Kirk

Martin says that Tuesday afternoon he will hold the first of his new series of “Bunker Buster” news conferences.

(CHICAGO)(September 21, 2010) Illinois Reform Party U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin, whose “Bunker Buster” news conferences and political advertising earlier this year opened the door for national media to destroy the political career of Closeted Congressman Mark Kirk, will launch new attacks Tuesday on Kirk and the corrupt leadership cadre of the Illinois Republican Party.

On Saturday, Martin helped trigger massive demonstrations against Glenn Beck’s presence in Illinois on behalf of Pat Brady and other corrupt Republicans.

“There is a massive disconnect between ‘Illinois Republicans’ and the Illinois Republican Party,” Martin says. “Most Illinoisans who vote Republican are honest, hard-working, God-fearing citizens. They are pretty good conservatives. But the management of the ‘Illinois Republican Party’ is nothing but a bunch of crooks, led by Pat Brady and his sleazy staff, including legal masquerader Brien Sheahan.”

Brien Sheahan is the DuPage County Republican factotum who was engaged in a scandalous sexual relationship with a married Republican official; Sheahan reportedly got married recently to deflect rumors that he is gay.

“Most Republicans do not realize that when they contribute their precious, hard-earned money to the Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady is siphoning off that cash to pay Brien Sheahan $35,000 a year for serving as ‘General Counsel,’” Martin notes. “John Fogarty, Jr. also profits from cash which contributors believe will be used to fight Democrats. Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty are looting the Republican Party for their own political and personal enrichment. The rest of the office staff of the Party is not much better, if at all.

“I am working on behalf of good Republicans, not the crooked cabal of ‘Republicans’ that is part of the bipartisan ‘Combine of corruption’ in Illinois politics.

“Monday Mr. Sheahan was caught in a lie, in open court, on a transcript. Sheahan told Circuit Judge Robert Bertucci that Sheahan had ‘not been served’ with Martin’s appellate materials. As required by state law, I was serving Sheahan’s ‘client,’ not Sheahan personally. Sheahan didn’t even know what the statute required. Sheahan’s confession was recorded on tape as well as being taken down by a court reporter.

“We now have conclusive evidence that Andrew Heffernan, who faces federal prison because of his fraudulent election affidavits and blatant perjury before the Illinois State Board of Elections, no longer communicates with Sheahan and Fogarty. Heffernan has belatedly realized that he is being used as a ‘chumbolone’ by the higher-ups in the Illinois Republican Party. Heffernan is committing the actual crimes, by lying abut his relationship to Sheahan and Fogarty as well as by lying about Heffernan’s real role as a stooge ‘objector’ for Illinois Republican Party leaders.

“What was the General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party doing in court Monday claiming to act as the ‘attorney’ for someone who is supposed to be an independent ‘citizen objector?’ Obviously, Heffernan now realizes he has been used, and he could go to jail, while Sheahan collects $35,000 a year from the Republican Party for doing nothing. It is sleazy.

“But the real majordomo of sleaze in Illinois Republican circles is Mark Kirk, the ‘Closeted Congressman’ who is famous in Chicago’s ‘Boys Town’ for his escapades as a ‘gay blade’ in that neighborhood.

“Last year I told Pat Brady if he ran a crooked primary on behalf of Kirk, he and Kirk would pay for it this November. Brady ran a crooked primary, and they will be paying for it between now and November 2nd. Tuesday we drop the first ‘Bunker Buster.’ There are plenty more to come,” Martin says. “And the great thing: all of my evidence and accusations are truthful. I have a proven track record of breaking news and telling the truth about Kirk. Mark Kirk, on the other hand, uses lies to promote himself; I am using the truth to demote him.”

STAND BY LATER MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY FOR NEWS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S “BUNKER BUSTER” NEWS CONFERENCE

-----------------------------ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

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