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Madison County courts can move in the right direction
For too long, Republican applicants for Madison County associate judgeships have been passed over by the Democrat ruling class whose preference for political appointments resounded with this message: Republicans need not apply.
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Judge Judy, rebuked
In her bid for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, she lost last week by nearly a two to one margin. In Judge Judy, voters didn’t like what they saw.
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Illinois has the best courts money can buy
Appeals Court Judge Judy Cates has long benefitted from generous donations from lawyers and law firms far and wide. Now that she’s running for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, the generosity is snowballing.
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STOP trial lawyer's political stunt
Justice David Overstreet called "robotext" legal action taken against his campaign six weeks before the General Election in plaintiff-friendly, Democrat-controlled St. Clair County Circuit Court "nothing more than Judy Cates using the legal system as her personal playground.” We could not agree more.
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Making sense of COVID-19
Remember the presidential polls in 2016, projecting landslide victory for Hillary Clinton to the very end?
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Will Gov. Pritzker ever learn? Probably not
Will Pritzker ever recognize and admit that his whole approach to state government budgeting is wrong and that he needs to go in the other direction?
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Politicking on the public dime by Madison County employees must stop
We don't pay our public employees to engage in politicking and other nonofficial business during working hours. It's against the law.
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Does Michael Madigan still have use for Justice Kilbride?
When Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride first ran for a seat on the high court in 2000, the state Democrat Party (owned and operated by House Speaker-for-Life Mike Madigan) contributed nearly $700,000 to his campaign.For Kilbride’s first retention campaign in 2010, the manna from Mike nearly doubled, and it was a good investment for the Madigan mob.
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Hey, Pritzker, it’s time to open up!
Every day the reports come in: the incidence of Covid-19 infections and fatalities has been grossly exaggerated. The threat of the virus was never as great as we were led to believe, and the onerous precautionary measures imposed upon us to contain the alleged contagion were never warranted – and can no longer be justified.
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If this doesn’t make your blood boil, what will?
You have to wonder how badly some personal injury law firms needed Paycheck Protection Program relief in light of their lavish funding of their preferred candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court - the one touting "southern Illinois values."
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When the law is used to promote injustice
If you were a kid in the 1950s or ’60s, there probably was more than one occasion, while you were growing up, when you told your parents that somebody had done something wrong to you and they didn’t believe you.
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MadiganGate is a dilemma for Democrats
Younger Americans unfamiliar with Watergate are not likely to know that Republican leaders in Washington had a “little talk” with President Richard Nixon when it became apparent that impeachment unavoidable.Democrat leaders in Illinois need to have a talk like that with House Speaker and State Democrat Party Chairman Michael Madigan.
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Sing, sing, sing, sing, everybody start to sing
If there’s no honor among thieves, what keeps them from ratting each other out?
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Kilbride was here, and has a record
Ten years ago, the Chicago Tribune reported that “negative politics are creeping into” the upcoming retention race of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride.
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State Supreme Court reaffirms Bristol-Myers Squibb
In Bristol-Myers Squibb, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that personal jurisdiction requires connection between the forum state and specific claims made. A Missouri court of appeals subsequently vacated a talcum powder verdict against Johnson & Johnson because claims against it had no connection to Missouri.
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Should all of Illinois be subject to the whims of the Windy City?
Universal suffrage and the principle of “one man, one vote” seem so obviously fair that many Americans cannot conceive of a better way. But our Founding Fathers did: the electoral college, one of many artful compromises that allowed a more perfect union to be formed.
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Laninya Cason’s truth telling
“I tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
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The Karens come out for Pritzker
Enough with the masks, the social distancing, and the sheltering in place! We need to get back to work! We want our lives back!
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Earth to Springfield: We have a problem!
You can’t pour a gallon of liquid into a quart container.
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How did we get this kind of political leadership?
Illinois Rep. Katie Stuart and her middle school principal husband might want to question the value of their son's education at the University of Vermont.