About Elizabeth Monkus

Elizabeth Monkus (she/her) is the Senior Attorney & Project Director for Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts. Elizabeth came to Chicago Appleseed in 2010 to manage the Judicial Performance Commission Demonstration project. She currently focuses on domestic relations and judicial elections in her program work.

7th Circuit Upholds Illinois Campaign Disclosure Laws

On Monday, the 7th Circuit ruled in favor of Illinois’ campaign finance disclosure law in Center For Individual Freedom v. Madigan. The Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF), a Virginia-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit, hoped to run advertisements in Illinois markets during the 2010 election season.  The ad...
September 17, 2012

Links of Interest: August 27-31, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance Election Law Blog analyzes the decision holding that Texas' Voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act. Gavel To Gavel provides a comprehensive overview of Florida's proposed merit selection amendment. Criminal Justice Sentencing Law and Policy drew our a...
August 31, 2012

Links of Interest: August 20-24, 2012

Judicial Performance and Elections The Election Law Blog has copies of the amicus brief filed in support of cert filed jointly by six states and a separate brief filed by Alaska in the Voting Rights Act case. Petitioners Shelby County and John Nix filed the initial petition in July seeking Suprem...
August 24, 2012

Donor Diversity through Public Matching Funds

In May, the Brennan Center for Justice and the Campaign Finance Institute released a report on how public financing improves diversity of small donors and changes how candidates view potential donors and potential constituents. The report’s authors note that the data set is rather small, but the tre...
August 23, 2012

Links of Interest: August 5-10, 2012

Judicial Performance and Elections Senator Lindsey Graham, speaking at the ABA Annual Meeting this week, said that judicial qualifications should count more than politics. Information and statistics on federal judicial vacancies is available from the American Constitution Society and the Brookin...
August 10, 2012
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