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Supreme Court will hear arguments in nine cases next month; One involves East Alton attorney
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over an appeals panel’s decision to vacate an East Alton attorney’s conviction for driving on a suspended license.This case – People v. David K. Elliott –is one of nine the justices will hear during their November term. Arguments in these cases, the majority of which are criminal in nature, will take place on Nov. 13, 19 and 20.The upcoming -
Supreme Court strikes down so-called Amazon tax law; Karmeier dissents
Karmeier BurkeA 2011 state law that imposed a tax on out-of-state Internet retailers is unconstitutional, the Illinois Supreme Court held today.In a 6-1 decision, the high court affirmed a lower court ruling that struck down the so-called “Amazon tax law” because it failed to meet the substantial nexus requirement for state taxes under the Commerce Clause and was preempted by a federal law prohibiting -
President Obama’s Thirst For Unlimited Power Has Transformed America
ArmstrongThe President’s promise to transform America is one of the few he has kept - perhaps the only one. I don’t like his work product in the least, yet in spite of the known record of the President and the Democratic party leaders (Harry Reid, for example) to foment nonsensical hatred towards constitutional conservatives with descriptions like “anarchists,” “terrorists,” “haters of government,” -
Granite City attorney suspended for misconduct in bankruptcy court
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has suspended Granite City attorney Alexander Marion Wilson from the practice of law effective Oct. 16. -
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments over Chicago's red light program, FOIA and legal malpractice matters
The Illinois Supreme Court this week agreed to hear arguments in more than a dozen cases. -
Health insurance benefits are not guaranteed pension benefits
“Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.” -
Nature groups say discovery rule shouldn't apply to them in Syngenta case
CHICAGO – Nature groups claim a Supreme Court precedent that prevents abuse of discovery from litigation doesn’t apply to them because they won’t abuse it.