Judicial Campaigns, Elections, and Selection Archives - Page 7 of 11

The ISBA Offers a Proposal to Update the Recusal Rule in Illinois

On Saturday, the Illinois State Bar Association voted on a proposed update to the recusal rules in Illinois. Chicago Appleseed, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform are heartened to see the ISBA address a subject of critical importance: judicial disqualifica...

Close Call for Cook County Judges Found Not Qualified by Most Evaluators

Cook County voted to retain all of nearly 60 judges up for retention yesterday. However, the four judges found Not Qualified by a majority of bar associations received around a 63% "yes" vote while most other judges received well over 70%. To be retained, a judge must receive at least a 60% "yes" fr...

Voting for Judges

For this election ballot voters are faced with a list of nearly 60 judges seeking retention. Only 60% of the votes cast on any judge need be in favor of retention for a judge to keep her seat —no judge has lost office since 1990. Voters must think critically about the retention election and should...

Five Judges Found Not Recommended for Retention by at Least Half of Those Evaluating Judges

There are nearly 60 judges up for retention on the November 2012 ballot. Each of these judges will affect the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of people each year they are on the bench. It is important that voters retain only qualified judges. The Committee to Elect Qualified Judges, a politic...

Update: ILP v Madigan

Back in September, in a partnership with the Campaign Legal Center and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Chicago Appleseed filed an amicus brief in support of Illinois' campaign contribution limits in the Northern District of Illinois case, ILP v Madigan. ILP (the Illinois Liberty PAC) and...

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