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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:07pm
Fri Dec 12, 2008

Lisa Madigan Motions High Court To Remove Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich

Just out from the Tribune:

Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court today aimed at removing Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office. [...]

Madigan will hold a  news conference at 11:15 a.m at the state office complex in downtown ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:53am
Fri Oct 31, 2008

Don't Forget About The Circuit Courts!

Judiciary

Much has been made this election cycle about the future composition
of the Supreme Court, and with good reason. If John McCain wins Tuesday,
it's practically assured that
he will appoint hardline conservative judges to the bench, pushing the
court further rightward and ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:46am
Mon Oct 27, 2008
14 comments

Limbaugh's False Claim On WLS: Obama Said "He Doesn't Believe In The U.S. Constitution"

Judiciary

There's a new Obama-related controversy brewing among conservatives this morning and ABC's Jake Tapper reports that John McCain is planning to jump all over it.  The source is a 2001 appearance by the then-state senator on Chicago Public Radio's Odyssey.  The subject of the ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:03am
Tue Sep 23, 2008

Make Up Your Mind

Law enforcement

Some call it grandstanding. Others point to pre-election
politicking. Whatever is behind the latest push to get state officials
to reconsider the moratorium on the death penalty, it's short-sighted, says Jane Bohman, director of the Illinois Coalition to
Abolish the ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:05am
Wed Sep 17, 2008
2 comments

Obama Challenges Michigan Voter Caging

Barack Obama

Barack Obama is really taking enfranchisement seriously. Aside from launching an unprecedented voter registration drive, the Democratic presidential nominee is doing his best to prevent Republican voter suppression, particularly in a key battleground state:

A class ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:30pm
Wed Aug 6, 2008

Grand Jury Subpoenas Spakovsky

Judiciary

In an unusual and encouraging development, a federal grand jury
today subpoenaed several former senior Justice Department attorneys as part of an investigation
into the work of Bradley Schlozman, who was instrumental in politicizing the agency's Civil Rights Division while ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:39am
Fri Aug 1, 2008

McCain Hearts "Activist" Judges

Judiciary

In a big speech
on judicial appointments this past May, John McCain joined fellow
conservatives in decrying "activist judges," the left-leaning boogeymen
who allegedly decide cases based on their personal beliefs rather than
the law. Of course, in the mind ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:11pm
Thu Jul 3, 2008

Supreme Court Ensures Constitutionality Of Illinois Tuition Law

Immigration

Good news out of our nation's capitol today. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up a challenge to a 2004 Kansas law allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities and colleges.

Illinois is one of nine other states that have a ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:15am
Thu Jun 26, 2008

SCOTUS Gun-Control Ruling May Impact Chicago, Obama (UPDATED)

Judiciary

In what will certainly become a controversial decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned
Washington D.C.'s ban on handguns this morning, declaring for the first
time that the Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess a
gun, not just the right of the ...