Column: War over words launches a battle of the black robes – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "Trial judges, generally speaking, preside over lawsuits other people file. Illinois Supreme Court justices, at least in part, protect people’s civil rights. But the two parties’ roles were recently reversed, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a former Cook County circuit judge who alleges the seven justices violated his constitutional free-speech rights."