Illinois Supreme Court

Judge Allowing Cameras In 'Spree Killer' Trial

Posted 02.27.2012

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A judge in northwestern Illinois made an announcement Friday that could forever change the way the media covers criminal trials in the state. In J...

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Illinois Circuit Courts To Allow Cameras For The First Time

Posted 01.24.2012

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The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday is expected to announce that it will begin to allow cameras recording proceedings throughout the state's 23 circ...

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Health Above Wealth

Sid Mohn | Posted 01.15.2012

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While much ado has been made about this law, I can tell you that it means the difference between life and death for millions who are currently sick, but unable to afford care.

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Blagojevich's Law License Suspended By State High Court

AP | Posted 12.27.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's license to practice law. The court acted Wednes...

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Burge Torture Victims Fight For New Hearings In Court

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.08.2011

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CHICAGO — Fifteen incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison by confessions that were beaten, burned and tortured out of them by convic...

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A Call for Transparency: Illinois Judicial Vacancies Should Be Made Public

Katy Welter | Posted 08.24.2011

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Illinois alone empowers its Supreme Court with absolute authority to fill judicial vacancies. Given that it grants one nominating body sole discretion over these appointments, transparency is especially important.

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Massive Tobacco Lawsuit Revived In Illinois

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A lawsuit that led to a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-making Philip Morris USA before it was tossed out by the Il...

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How Did Rahm's Residency Dispute Effect The Mayoral Race?

AP | DON BABWIN and DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — With Rahm Emanuel back in the race for Chicago mayor thanks to a ruling from Illinois' highest court, the question now is what effect ...

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Rahm Emanuel's Court Case: Writing the Story

Albert Huber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rahm's new underdog pose is a bold story from a candidate who has handily out-fundraised his opponents with a large sum of out-of-state cash.

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Chicago Voters: Let Rahm Emanuel Run For Mayor

AP | TAMMY WEBBER and SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Chicagoans are having no trouble summing up their thoughts about the drama now before the Illinois Supreme Court over Rahm Emanuel's n...

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Rahm: Baltimore Wants You to Run There

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Baltimore Sun wants Rahm Emanuel to run for mayor of Baltimore if the Illinois Supreme Court rules against him in his appeal.

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Rahm Back On Ballot While Supreme Court Decides Fate

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — With Chicago election officials printing mayoral ballots that include Rahm Emanuel's name, it's up to the Illinois Supreme Court to de...

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Emanuel Ruling Is a Travesty of Justice

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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What does the Chicago court ruling against Rahm Emanuel say to others who are asked to leave the comfort, security and spoils of hometown politics to serve their country and president?

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Best I Can: The Special Olympics Benefit

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Fear of the unknown is not in our vocabulary in Chicago," Mayor Richard M. Daley told a group of several hundred at the annual Special Olympics benefit

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Illinois Supreme Court: Police Dispatcher's Tip To Drug Dealer Was Not A Crime

Posted 05.25.2011

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While a police officer tipping off a drug dealer about an ongoing investigation certainly sounds illegal, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday th...

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Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald Has Parkinson's, Is Stepping Down

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Published reports say Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald is stepping down from the Supreme Court because he has Parkinson's Disease. ...

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Eric Hanson Death Sentence Stands: Murdered His Family In DuPage County

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of murdering his parents, sister and brother-in...

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Illinois Supreme Court: Hospital Shouldn't Be Tax Exempt

AP | MIKE ROBINSON and DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an Urbana hospital doesn't provide enough charitable services to qualify for a property ta...

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Illinois Supreme Court: Malpractice Law Unconstitutional

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a law Thursday that capped the amount of damages that could be awarded in malpractice lawsuits, saying that it ...

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Illinois Supreme Court To Rule On Medical Malpractice

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court is announcing it will release a decision on whether the state's medical malpractice law is consti...

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Supreme Court Decision Means Senate Is Stuck With Burris

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Friday's decision by the Illinois Supreme Court reinforces what I've been saying for days: Harry Reid and his colleagues are faced with only two choic...

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Victory For Blago and Burris is Imminent

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reid expressed willingness to negotiate. But when he and Burris meet, it is Burris who will be in the stronger position, Reid who must yield lest his illicitness become too apparent to the public.

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State Supreme Court Judges Withdraw From Campaign Contributors' Case

Chicago Sun-Times | Maurice Possley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four Illinois Supreme Court justices have been asked to withdraw from hearing an appeal of a legal-malpractice case against Corboy & Demetrio, one of ...

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