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In highly political, richly funded contests for Illinois Supreme Court majority, pledges of...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAsk any of the candidates running for the Illinois Supreme Court if politics will guide their rulings and you’ll get the same answer. “My commitment is to be impartial and unbiased and to hear ...
Democrats poised to keep Illinois Supreme Court majority as candidates lead in two contested races
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocrats appear poised to keep their majority on the Illinois Supreme Court after their candidates for two contested seats built leads over Republican opponents in an election many cast as ...
Abortion in Illinois imperilled if GOP takes control of the state Supreme Court in November
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers took steps to make abortion rights untouchable before Roe v. Wade was...
Capitol Fax: Abortion issue focus of supreme court fundraising
Daily Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe labor union and trial lawyer-backed All for Justice independent expenditure committee has so far...
Democratic PAC shifts cash out of its account as it gets hit with one of the biggest state election...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA political committee that helped expand the Democratic majority on the Illinois Supreme Court and...
Theis sworn in as Illinois Supreme Court chief justice amid possible election shake-up
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJustice Mary Jane Theis was sworn in Wednesday as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, the fourth woman in the state’s history to hold the position. She’ll serve a three-year term replacing ...
Daywatch: Democrats set to reach a record number of seats in the Illinois House
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, Chicago. In January, a record number of Democrats are set to be sworn in as state representatives in the Illinois House, giving Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch a supermajority not ...
Redistricting, abortion supercharge state Supreme Court races
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Supreme Court may get all the attention. But some of the most consequential decisions for the next decade could come instead from their counterparts in the states, many of whom are ...
New Illinois Supreme Court justices got major boost from hidden spending by Democratic group
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA political committee, funded in part by Senate President Don Harmon’s campaign that helped expand the Democratic majority on the Illinois Supreme Court, failed to file timely campaign reports ...