Gone, and good riddance

Rico says that didn't take them long, once they got around to it:

The Illinois Senate voted 59-0 on Thursday to remove Blagojevich from office. Moments later, the Illinois Senate voted unanimously to prevent Blagojevich from ever holding political office in the state again.
After the Senate vote, the "Welcome" sign with Blagojevich's face, which visitors saw as they entered the Capitol in Springfield, was quickly brought down. Maintenance crews also arrived, first removing the gold nameplate with Blagojevich's name. Using drills and a ladder, they then brought down the five-foot-high sign to make the official change. Workers also removed the former governor's official state picture positioned atop a state outline and a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln.
"Was that quick enough?" one worker said to laughter. An employee standing nearby as the picture was taken away said, "Do we need someone to throw a shoe?"
Moments later, the picture of new Governor Pat Quinn was placed were Blagojevich's picture used to be. Blagojevich, who was elected governor twice after terms as a US representative and state lawmaker, was arrested on federal corruption charges in December. Federal authorities alleged, among other things, that Blagojevich was trying to sell the Senate seat that became vacant after Barack Obama was elected president. During the impeachment trial's closing arguments, Blagojevich appeared before the senators, saying he had done "absolutely nothing wrong".

Rico says no one in the court system has ever done anything wrong, but they get convicted anyway, of criminal stupidity in this case... (The topically clever 'shoe throwing' reference is, of course, to the Iraqi custom used at the departure of Saddam Hussein. Given what happened to him, ex-governor Blagojevich should consider himself lucky just being deposed.)