December 7, 2013 By: Mark Glennon   All core parts of the pension bill recently passed are suspect under the Illinois Constitution, which says pensions cannot be “diminished or impaired,” and the bill will now go to Illinois courts for review.   Illinois judges, like judges everywhere, are supposed to avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance thereof. Disqualification of a judge is mandatory under the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct if a judge or the judge’s spouse, parent or child “has an economic interest in the subject matter in controversy or has any other more than de minimis

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“What I can’t understand, is while the theft was going on in plain sight, unionized state workers routinely voted back into power the very politicians who were ripping them off.” http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/home_top-opinion-opinion_columns/565315/A-flawed-belief-in-government-promises