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Why does Alan Spellberg, who resigned last May after serving nearly 27 years at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, think the law is unconstitutional? Because the Illinois State Constitution gives the power to pardon, commute, and modify lawful sentences to only one person: the governor.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Driver Shot 2 Car Thieves In Self Defense — Killing One — But Lake County State’s Attorney, Eric Rinehart — A Crime Enabling Fraud Like His Hero — Cook County’s Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx — Is Putting The Driver On Trial – Lake County News Sun
All these SJW politicians never want to do the job they were elected to do. Always overreaching, blaming external factors well beyond their jurisdiction…
JB has paid protection. He doesn’t have to worry if one of Lil Kim’s lottery winners decides to wreak more havoc on the rest of us. It’s great to be part of a social experiment where your life is at stake.
The idea that government can alter the judgment of a court — in order to score political victories — is totally inconsistent with the constitution.