They’ve got the Illinois Constitution — or at least their power to read things into the ambiguities and interstices of that document — and they’re not afraid to use it. [ABA Journal] Scott Greenfield has some comments on the equal protection ruling and its policy implications.
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The very definition of judicial tyranny, not to mention hyper-corrupt Machine Politics.
Shouldn’t this be considered as a conflict of interest? Unless I missed something, here we have judges ruling on something that affects them directly–retirement age. I thought most judges would have to recuse themselves where there was a possibility or certainty that they would rule on things which affect them directly or indirectly.