Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fails to get immediate court order ending teachers strike

Under marching orders from Mayor Rahm Emanuel lawyers for Chicago Public Schools were rebuffed today in their hopes of winning a temporary restraining order and immediately ending the teachers strike.

Judge Peter Flynn did not agree to hold a hearing on the matter today, instead scheduling one for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The judge questioned if the legal issues wouldn't be moot if the strike is over by then, according to Roderick Drew, a spokesman for the city's Law Department.

The Chicago Teacher Union's House of Delegates is to meet on the contract issue Tuesday. The union immediately condemned the move for a court order as an act of vindictiveness by a "bullying" mayor.

In its complaint seeking the order, CPS argued that the teachers union is prohibited by state law from striking over non-economic issues and that the strike is a clear and present danger to public health and safety.

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