"I can think of no one better to honor filling this vacancy with than Judge Hackett. Judge Hackett nobly served as a judge in ...

A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit against Illinois and Chicago over sanctuary city policies.

The Illinois Supreme Court upheld the ending of cash bail, saying that more than just monetary bail can be used to "ensure criminal defendants appear for trials." In a 5-2 decision, Supreme Court ...

Democrats tried to make the point that they were merely updating the boundary lines to reflect a half-century of change in the state. “The boundaries for Illinois Supreme Court districts have ...

The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain ...

Illinois Supreme Court halts SAFE-T Act Measure 01:25. CHICAGO (CBS) -- In a late afternoon ruling Saturday, the Illinois Supreme Court put the SAFE-T Act on hold for the entire state just hours ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally. In a 4-3 ...

A ban on semiautomatic weapons was upheld Friday in the Illinois Supreme Court, as the state attempts to eliminate the types of guns frequently used in mass shootings across the country. The legisl… ...

The Latino legal community has built a pipeline of qualified Latinos for the judiciary. The Cook County Democratic Party should do its part and slate a Latino for a seat on state Supreme Court.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on certain high-powered guns, including AR-15-style rifles, a major victory for supporters of gun limits in the state.

U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins concluded that the lawsuit — the first filed by the administration this year trying to upend so-called “sanctuary policies” in states and cities — was an “end-run ...