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Supreme Court to decide extent of effective assistance of counsel right

June 6, 2011 10:49:06 AM

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Martinez v. Ryan , the court will decide whether a defendant has a right to effective assistance...

March 30, 2011 03:14:02 PM

Courtney Minick : "Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill to ban the use of the death penalty in Illinois. The state has been wrestling with the issue of capital punishment for over ten years. Senate...

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Illinois abolishes death penalty

March 9, 2011 03:19:53 PM

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 3539 on Wednesday, absolishing the death penalty in Illinois. Two months after the Illinois Senate approved the bill , Quinn signed the bill...

January 12, 2011 12:04:38 PM

The Illinois Senate , sitting in a lame-duck session, on Tuesday passed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty . The amended bill (SB3539) , approved by the House last week, passed 35-22...

January 7, 2011 12:25:06 PM

The Illinois House passed a bill abolishing the death penalty Thursday, but the bill must still be passed by the Senate with the General Assembly facing a lame-duck session. The amended bill (SB3539) [amendment,...

December 22, 2010 09:37:10 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday upheld the convictions of former Illinois governor George Ryan , refusing his request for early release. In September,...

September 1, 2010 01:24:03 PM

Former Illinois governor George Ryan on Tuesday filed a motion in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois asking the judge to vacate his prison sentence, following a recent US...

February 24, 2009 08:02:00 AM

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari to a Chicago federal corruption case. Three former aides to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley appealed their convictions...

December 29, 2008 07:04:00 PM

Matt Belcher : "If it weren't so gallingly embarrassing to the city of Big Shoulders, I would just laugh off the (alleged) Blagojevich exploits as another operatic example of the machine politics of the "Chicago way." For...

December 15, 2008 10:33:00 AM

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan on Friday issued his first public apology for the crimes that resulted in his imprisonment. Ryan's apology comes in the wake of last week's arrest of current Governor...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School. The court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez.

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School.

The Court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia site at Northwestern University.