Illinois Supreme Court
Recent News About Illinois Supreme Court
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Pearson: ‘Gun advocates across the state should not lose hope’
Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said the Illinois Sate Supreme Court ruling upholding Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s gun ban will likely be overturned in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Tracy on Safe-T Act ruling: Democrats ‘spent tens of millions of dollars to elect a 5-2 majority of Democrats on the Illinois Supreme Court’
The Safe-T Act is back in play after the Illinois Supreme Court’s Democrat majority ruled in favor of the bill eliminating cash bail for alleged criminals.
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'All for Justice' supporting Rochford, O'Brien fails to report $7 million TV blitz until after election
SPRINGFIELD – "All for Justice" campaign committee spent more than $7 million for the benefit of Supreme Court candidates Elizabeth Rochford and Mary O’Brien without immediately reporting the expenses as election law requires.
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DeVore on ruling: 'It doesn’t make any sense'
Greenville attorney Thomas DeVore shared his continued dismay with the Protect Illinois Communities Act which was ruled unconstitutional by an Effingham Court and was upheld by the Fifth District Appellate Court.
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Raoul: ‘Supreme Court’s final decision on the merits will be binding on all Illinois courts’
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is vowing to appeal an Illinois Supreme Court ruling overturning the much-criticized SAFE-T Act.
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Curran: 'We can end this cronyism by voting November 8 for the independent lawman Mark Curran to help us restore faith in the highest court of Illinois'
Candidate for Illinois Supreme Court Mark Curran advocates for an end to corruption on the Illinois Supreme Court.
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First District Appellate Court Adopts Amended Rules
First District Appellate Court Adopts Amended Rules
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State Supreme Court: Policy doesn't ‘prohibit payment from campaign funds for legal fees' for criminal allegations
An opinion by the Illinois Supreme Court will allow indicted politicians like former Illinois house speaker Michael Madigan to use campaign cash for his criminal defense.
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Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Sarah J. Gallagher Chami as an associate judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit
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Illinois Supreme Court Announces New Policy on Portable Electronic Devices
The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the adoption of a policy which will require every state courthouse in Illinois to adopt individual orders or rules regarding the use of portable electronic devices in their courthouse buildings and in their courtrooms.
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Illinois Supreme Court Appoints De La Cruz, Donnelly as At-Large Circuit Judges of Cook County
The Illinois Supreme Court today announced the appointments of Araceli R. De La Cruz and Judge Thomas M. Donnelly as At-Large Circuit Judges in Cook County.
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Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Ruth Isabel Gudino as At-Large Circuit Judge of Cook County
Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Ruth Isabel Gudino as At-Large Circuit Judge of Cook County
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We Are the People Illinois! files writ with Supreme Court against Pritzker over mandates
An Illinois citizen group called We Are the People Illinois! announced today that a writ of mandamus was filed with the Supreme Court of Illinois requesting intervention to compel Gov. J.B. Pritzker to uphold the current state laws and policies in place to protect the people against discrimination and ensure individual health privacy.
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Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
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We Are the People Illinois files petition in Supreme Court over COVID mandates
On Sept. 17, a small group of concerned Illinois citizens led by Jim Stern filed a petition of writ of mandamus in the Illinois Supreme Court against the Gov. J.B. Pritzker to halt the medical mandates that he is forcing on the people of State of Illinois.
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Klitzing: 'Springfield insiders will do anything to elect a Supreme Court that will serve them'
Nick Klitzing, president of the Judicial Fairness Project, worries about where he sees the state’s high court heading from here.
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Nowlan: 'Dems are worried that the old 3rd District has become a Republican district'
Citizens for Judicial Reform chair Jim Nowlan says there’s a method to the madness in the way Democrats have drawn the new legislative maps that figure to have a hand in the way politics are structured across the state for at least the next decade.
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Nowlan: Newly drawn 3rd 'looks like a district that was basically created for' Democratic candidate O'Brien
Citizens for Judicial Reform chair Jim Nowlan points to the new 3rd District as an example of the way Democrats worked to stack the deck in their favor with the latest map redistricting.
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Nowlan: 'Both Republicans and Democrats have opportunities to win' in the 2nd Supreme Court District
Citizens for Judicial Reform chair Jim Nowlan is hoping to see state Democrats' best laid plans go awry when it comes to their latest map redistricting efforts.
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Reform for Illinois: Supreme Court Justice Kilbride campaign contributions have conflicts of interest
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride's committee for re-election has received millions of dollars from law firms that have tried cases in front of him, according to Reform for Illinois reports.