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Posts tagged "U.S. Supreme Court"

Personal PAC, Fred Eychaner and big money bought an Illinois supreme court justice victory

Last minute personal smears by radical pro-choice group funded by big money contributions and backed by Rahm Emanuel’s Democratic machine carries the day for Illinois Supreme Court justice. Never heard of Fred Eychaner? Then you need to read this post in With Both Hands, a blog by a genuine Chicagoan, Pat Hickey. Eychaner is the Daddy Warbucks... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 21, 2012 at 12:21 pm
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Stevenson High School Baloney

There have been a lot of remarks about “censorship” of the newspaper published by Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. Much of the argumentation supporting the students, who claim to have been censored by the school administration, refers to a U.S. Supreme Court case called Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. Oddly, both sides cite the case... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
December 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm
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Supreme Court rejects Conrad Black's petition for release (hip hurray)

Conrad Black, whose shadow darkened the Chicago Sun-Times with his theft and draining of every Conrad Black needed resource to turn a quality newspaper, will stay in the slammer. An Associated Press story reports today that Justice John Paul Stevens has turned down  Black’s request to be freed from a Florida prison while he appeals... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
August 10, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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