Category: Illinois

Citizens United impact rolling through Michigan, Ohio, Illinois

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 5, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, State Issues

Looking for recent state law developments after Citizens United? Here are some developments from Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. More on the Illinois case here.

Political email controversy hits Illinois

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 26, 2010
Categories In Illinois

I haven’t posted about a controversy in Illinois over a few emails sent by the governor’s chief of staff until now. Ethics experts noted in the article call the alleged violation the equivalent of jaywalking.

Blago guilty on one count; Fitzgerald in the targets

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 17, 2010
Categories In Illinois

The Chicago Tribune reports on the jury’s decision in the Blagojevich trial and the questions raised about U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s prosecution of the case.