Abner Mikva

Supreme Court Hearings Remind Us of What's at Stake

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Gun Control, Jeff Sessions, Lindsey Graham, Strom Thurmond, Jon Kyl, Civil Rights, Gun Violence, Abner Mikva, Segregation, Sonia Sotomayor, Racism, Orrin Hatch, Gop, Thurgood Marshall, Elena Kagan, Politics News

The Kagan hearings, or any Supreme Court hearings for that matter, are part of the war to win over the hearts and minds of America, to determine what kind of country we want this to become.

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Want a SCOTUS seat? Plan in High School, Before It's Too Late

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abner Mikva, Harvard, Social Networks, Barack Obama, Yale, Elena Kagan Supreme Court, Politics News

For many fields of endeavor, we're making decisions about people based on the choices they made between their junior year of high school and their junior year of college.

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Abner Mikva Endorses David Hoffman For Obama's Old Senate Seat

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman Senate, Abner Mikva, David Hoffman, Senate Races, Illinois Senate 2010, Video, Chicago News

Former Chicago inspector general David Hoffman picked up the endorsement of a venerable former judge and unveiled a transparency platform Tuesday in h...

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Abner Mikva Not Endorsing Seals Or Hamos In Kirk Replacement Race, Despite Claim

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julie Hamos, Abner Mikva, Mark Kirk, House Races, Abner Mikva Endorsement, Dan Seals, Illinois 10th, Chicago News

It turns out that a big endorsement by former congressman and appellate court justice Abner Mikva for Congress in the north suburban 10th District isn...

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Wanted: Suitable Senate Candidate

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Corruption, Paul Douglas, Illinois Politics, Abner Mikva, Illinois Senate 2010, Rod Blagojevich, Peter Fitzgerald, Senate Races, Patrick Collins, Illinois Senate Race, Adlai Stevenson, David Hoffman, Dawn Clark Netsch, Chicago News

No one in the race has the resume, experience or heft required of a U.S. Senator. In fact, the bench in Illinois is pretty weak right now, among both Democrats and Republicans.

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Leave Fitzgerald Alone

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abner Mikva, Blagojevich Scandal, Patrick Fitzgerald, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Sandi Jackson, Patrick Collins, Chicago News

If Illinoisans want to put a stop to the culture of corruption, as they claim in poll after poll that they do, then they have to do something about it. It's not all up to Patrick Fitzgerald.

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University Of Illinois Clout Panel To Call For Trustees To Resign

AP | CHRISTINA M. WRIGHT | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The state commission reviewing the role that clout played in admissions at the University of Illinois decided Friday to recommend Gov....

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Fitzgerald's Strong Blago Words Could Taint Jury: Mikva

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago's top federal prosecutor went too far in saying last year that the conduct of then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich "would make Lincoln ro...

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University Of Illinois Trustees Refuse To Resign Over Scandal

AP | DAVID MERCER and CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, David Dorris, Ed McMillan, Kwame Raoul, U of I Clout Admissions, U of I Clout List, Lawrence Eppley, Abner Mikva, U of I Clout Scandal, Niranjan Shah, Robert Vickrey, U of I Trustees, University of Illinois Clout List, Chicago News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- A day after a central figure in the University of Illinois admissions scandal resigned his position on the school's governing ...

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All University Of Illinois Trustees Should Resign: Mikva

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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The chairman of the state panel investigating admissions abuses at the University of Illinois stepped up his war of words on the school's trustees thi...

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U of I Clout Update: Congressman Calls On Trustees To Resign, Ex-Law Dean Testifies

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blagojevich U of I, University of Illinois, Abner Mikva, Heidi Hurd, Aaron Schock, Paul Pless, Aaron Schock University of Illinois, Stacy Kostell, U of I Clout Admissions, U of I Clout List, Bruce Smith, Heidi Hurd Testimony, Chicago News

On the same day the former dean of the University of Illinois Law School testified to a state panel about political influence in admissions, a Congres...

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Quinn To Investigate University Of Illinois Admissions

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, College Admissions, Pat Quinn, Clout College, Abner Mikva, Joseph White, University of Illnois Clout Admissions, U of I Clout, U of I Admissions, Illinois Admissions Review Commission, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A former federal judge is heading an independent state commission investigating the University of Illinois for admitting politically c...

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Geoghegan Endorsed By Abner Mikva In Emanuel Replacement Race

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Geoghegan unveiled a slew of endorsements Monday in the tight race to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress. Liberal Democratic lion Abner Mikva, a fo...

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Abner Mikva Doesn't Want Obama Senate Seat, Endorses Schakowsky

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON--Abner Mikva, the gold standard for integrity in Illinois politics, told me Thursday night he is not interested in an appointment to replac...

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Appoint Abner Mikva To Obama's Senate Seat

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abner Mikva, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Obama Senate Seat, Obama's Replacement, Obama Senate Replacement, Obama Senate Appointment, Blagojevich Taint, Abner Mikva Senate, Chicago News

The 82-year old Mikva is beyond reproach -- perhaps the only man alive in Illinois who could be appointed tomorrow without tarnish.

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Let Truth Trump Fear in the Jewish Community

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 05.25.2011

Let's hope the real victor in 2008 is the Jewish community -- as it finally excises the politics of fears and smears and forces candidates to debate the issues on the merits.

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All the President's Networks

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John W. Rogers Jr., Craig Robinson, Bill Clinton, Social Networking, Penny Pritzker, Marty Nesbitt, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Wasilla, Abner Mikva, Nepotism, Wasilla High School, Politics News

A close examination of virtually any administration will uncover a tangled skein of personal, political, and professional connections, often reaching back decades.

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Anybody But Clinton

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abner Mikva, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Scott Mcclellan, Barack Obama, Abcs, Politics News

Obama's supporters fall into three categories: blacks, youth and the ABCs -- Democrats who are for Anybody But Clinton.

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