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Links of Interest, October 22-26

Elections and Judicial Performance The Supreme Court upheld a Montana law setting donation limits to candidates for state office. SCOTUS blog has a rundown. Criminal Justice Liz Watson and Peter Edelman at the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy released a report...

Five Judges Found Not Recommended for Retention by at Least Half of Those Evaluating Judges

There are nearly 60 judges up for retention on the November 2012 ballot. Each of these judges will affect the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of people each year they are on the bench. It is important that voters retain only qualified judges. The Committee to Elect Qualified Judges, a politic...

Update: ILP v. Madigan

The Seventh Circuit has just issued an order (.pdf download) denying plaintiffs’-appellants’ motion for injunction pending appeal and affirming the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in ILP v. Madigan. The two page order states simply that the three-judge panel at the Seventh Circu...

Update: ILP v Madigan

Back in September, in a partnership with the Campaign Legal Center and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Chicago Appleseed filed an amicus brief in support of Illinois' campaign contribution limits in the Northern District of Illinois case, ILP v Madigan. ILP (the Illinois Liberty PAC) and...

Tools: Take A Sample Ballot With You When You Vote for Cook County Judges

Early voting has begun! Below are sample ballots for Cook County judicial elections. Click each ballot to find a list of every judge up for retention in Cook County, followed by a recommendation for retention. In Cook County, Judges must receive a "Yes" vote from at least 60% of voters in order to r...