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Jacob Sullum Reason Magazine 3/20/2014 Today the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned that state’s draconian eavesdropping law, which makes it a felony to record public officials without their permission, even when they are performing their public duties. Two years ago the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled that the law was […] March 20th, 2014 | Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Annabel Melongo, Cook County, felony, privacy, public, public officials, The Illinois Eavesdropping Act | Category: 1st Amendment, Illinois, law enforcement | Comments are closed
Michael Tarm Associated Press via ABC News 11/26/2012 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois, choosing to let stand a lower court finding that key parts of the hotly debated law run counter to constitutional protections of free speech. In that critical lower-court ruling in May, […] November 26th, 2012 | Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, ACLU, Anita Alvarez, Audio, public employees, Rep. Elaine Nekritz, The Illinois Eavesdropping Act | Category: 1st Amendment, Illinois, law enforcement, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Alan Sexton Green Mountain Scribes 10/19/2011 Chicago, IL – The United States Supreme Court has denied review of a case decided by a federal appeals court in Chicago last year that ruled a daily moment of silence as constitutional in public schools. This denial at the Supreme Court upholds the ruling, which allows students […] October 19th, 2011 | Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, atheists, Buffalo Grove High School, Dawn Sherman, Judge Robert Gettleman, moment of silence, prayer, Rob Sherman | Category: Education, Illinois, Progressives, religion, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Michael Winter USA Today 4/14/2011 Overturning a lower court, a federal appellate panel has ruled that the presidentially proclaimed National Day of Prayer is constitutional. The three judges of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the observation caused no harm to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, so the Madison, Wis.-based group had […] April 18th, 2011 | Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison, National Day of Prayer | Category: religion, US Constitution, Wisconsin | Comments are closed
It’s time for the courts to recognize the plain meaning of the 17th Amendment Steve Chapman August 13, 2009 The British Parliament consists of the House of Commons, which is elected by the people, and the House of Lords, which is not. How different that is from our Congress. We have the House of Representatives, […] August 14th, 2009 | Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Sen. Joseph Bristow | Category: 17th Amendment, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Texas | Comments are closed
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