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The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts.
In 2018, a non-profit organization named "New Illinois" was founded to promote the separation of Chicago from the rest of the state. As an alternative to just Chicago, it has also proposed the split of the whole of Cook County and its surrounding five collar counties (DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will County).
The 2018 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for one seat on the Supreme Court of Illinois and five seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Primary elections were held on March 20, 2018, and general elections were held on November 6, 2018.
The Illinois Supreme Court found a major criminal justice reform bill was indeed constitutional on Tuesday, which will see the state end cash bail in the next 60 days.
A Cook County judge on Thursday placed a Democrat and two Republicans vying for a spot on the Illinois Supreme Court back on the ballot after the Illinois State Board of Elections last month ...
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. Two seats held partisan elections. [1] Originally, two additional seats were scheduled as retention elections, however Justice Rita Garman retired on July 7, 2022, and the retention election for her seat was canceled. [2] The court has seven seats total separated into five ...
(The Center Square) – The Nov. 5 General Election was two weeks ago, but Illinois continues to count vote-by-mail ballots. An election integrity group says the practice could be reigned in ...
0–9. 1936 Illinois Supreme Court 5th district election; 1938 Illinois Supreme Court 3rd district special election; 1942 Illinois Supreme Court 1st district election