The FAIR Act, HB3363, passed both houses of the Illinois legislature on May 31. Once signed, the act would create provisions to create the State Public Defender Commission by July 1, 2026, with the ...

In a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court partially upheld President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, ...

CHICAGO, IL -The US Senate with a 53-46 vote on March 12 confirmed federal Magistrate Judge Sunil Harjani, to be a federal district court judge on the Chicago-based Northern District of Illinois.

The prospective federal judges — including Sixth Circuit nominee Whitney Hermandorfer — are the first in years to head to a ...

I’m not anyone’s henchman. I’m not an enforcer,” said Emil Bove at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.

After nearly identical seasons that both failed to live up to their ceilings, Illinois has had an impressive offseason.

For 43 years, attorney bank accounts have raised millions of dollars used to help North Carolina families hold onto their ...

Six weeks ago, Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be ...

Under a revised map approved in 2022, Illinois is still divided into five judicial districts at the Supreme Court and appellate court levels. The first district is comprised of Cook County.

A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday advanced four of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees, including one whose prior nomination to become Chicago's top federal prosecutor had been blocked by ...

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, left, at a naturalization ceremony in the Wrigleyville neighborhood, Thursday morning, July 28, 2022.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The race for one of the seven Illinois Supreme Court seats pits an appointed incumbent against a second-time candidate as the two Democrats vie for their party’s nomination ...