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Jim Nowlan: Democrats on Illinois’ high court must recuse themselves on gerrymandering

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Democratic justices on the Illinois Supreme Court are so hopelessly mired in conflicts of interest on partisan issues that they must recuse themselves from all such proceedings, including the present case to overturn what are arguably the nation’s most gerrymandered legislative districts. Some background. For many years before he became defrocked, Chicago Ald. Ed Burke chaired the Democratic Party of Cook County judicial endorsement committee. A…

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Jim Nowlan: Democrats on Illinois’ high court must recuse themselves on gerrymandering – Chicago Tribune*

"There is no way the recently elected justices can render decisions on redistricting unsullied by the political debts they owe. ... If the justices fail to recuse themselves from the current proceedings, the court will simply confirm our state’s embarrassing national reputation for politics polluted by conflicts of interest — and worse."

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Jim Nowlan: Democrats on Illinois’ high court must recuse themselves on gerrymandering

Democratic justices on the Illinois Supreme Court are so hopelessly mired in conflicts of interest on partisan issues that they must recuse themselves from all such proceedings, including the present case to overturn what are arguably the nation’s most gerrymandered legislative districts. Some background. For many years before he became defrocked, Chicago Ald. Ed Burke chaired the Democratic Party of Cook County judicial endorsement committee. A…

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