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Problem of Modern Judicial Activism

by: Madcap February 5, 2010

“It can be of no weight to say, that the courts on the pretense of a repugnance, may substitute their own pleasure to the constitutional intentions of the legislature. This might as well happen in the case of two contradictory statutes; or it might as well happen in every adjudication upon any single statute. The [...]

Chicago Crime Report 2/05/2010

by: Madcap February 5, 2010

CTA panhandler arrested 178 times: Man who works Green Line rarely jailed – chicagotribune.com
Clarence Ervin had panhandled on CTA trains all night, and he looked like it.
Cold and bleary-eyed, he said he was afraid of getting caught — a surprising sentiment for a man who has been arrested 178 times, according to police and court [...]

Can Republicans Capitalize on Democrats’ Worries? – NYTimes.com

by: Madcap February 5, 2010

Votes in the Illinois primary elections on Tuesday were being counted just as ABC started the final season of “Lost.” The state’s Republican Party, marooned on an island of ineptitude, could now be liberated partly because of whom Democrats picked as their nominee for the Senate.
The nominee, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, will be at the [...]

Running for Obamas Former Senate Seat

by: Madcap February 5, 2010

Rep. Mark Kirk, (R-Ill.), on his race for the Senate

VoteVets Clean Energy Ad in Illinois

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