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03/14/2022

07/28/2021

Supreme Court appointments are important, mmmkay . . .

As midnight approached on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the conservative-majority Supreme Court granted emergency requests by Christian and Jewish groups challenging COVID-19 crowd restrictions imposed by New York state.

03/16/2021

https://abovethelaw.com/2021/03/hometown-hero-ruth-bader-ginsburg-gets-her-own-celebratory-day-in-brooklyn/

Sign up today to reserve your visit with the recently unveiled statue of the Notorious RBG.

02/24/2021

Illinois folks: Did your employer require you to scan or provide hand or fingerprints? If so, did they first obtain your signed written consent? Seems many employers have not been compliant with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act . . . and the damages can be significant. Read up and if you think you might like to speak with a lawyer about this - we offer free initial consultations :)

Taking back control of our personal data can feel like a lost cause. But there’s hope!

02/23/2021

Making some good history for black history month - just too bad it has to wait until 2023:

Illinois becomes first state to abolish cash bail.

01/23/2021

RIP to a LEGEND on and off the field.

"He hit home run number 713 on September 29, 1973, and with one day remaining in the season, many expected him to tie the record. But in his final game that year, playing against the Houston Astros (managed by Leo Durocher, who had once roomed with Babe Ruth), he was unable to achieve this. After the game, Aaron said his only fear was that he might not live to see the 1974 season.[59]" - quoting from below Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron #:~:text=After%20the%20game%2C%20Aaron%20said,nearly%20sacrosanct%20home%20run%20record.

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank," was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. He spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National L...

01/17/2021

Qualified immunity should be abolished for police officers who violate constitutional rights. For background on this topic:

Americans were first empowered to challenge police misconduct in 1871, when Congress passed a law allowing lawsuits against state and local authorities who refused to protect African Americans from—or even participated in—racial terror lynchings and other acts of racial violence by groups like t...

12/15/2020

https://news.wttw.com/2020/12/07/illinois-drivers-license-facilities-are-closed-what-now

Illinois driver’s license facilities have been closed since mid-November, and they’ll remain that way through the beginning of 2021. Here’s what you need to know if you’re driving on an expired license. (Hint: It may not be expired after all.)

10/25/2020

https://abovethelaw.com/lawline-cle/2018/10/10/three-weird-halloween-laws-you-might-not-know/

“Terror wave of evil clowns” inspires legislation.

10/20/2020

Illinoisans - if you plan to seek unemployment benefits you might not want to delay in filing . . .

A neglected Department of Employment Security was suffering severe staffing shortages even before more than 2 million jobless claims swamped the agency during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

09/15/2020

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2020/09/boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-calls-for-city-of-boston-to-pass-george-floyd-bill-which-in-part-limits-qualified-immunity.html

Jaylen Brown wants to see change in Boston.

09/04/2020

We wish everyone a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!

Learn more about Labor Day from your friends at the Department of Labor:

Labor Day: What it Means Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-b...