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Commentary: To cure corruption, the Chicago City Council should ‘remember the ladies’
An analysis of Chicago aldermanic corruption cases points to one possible solution: Elect more women.
Juliet Sorensen
Juliet Sorensen became the executive director of Injustice Watch in 2019. Previously, she was the director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University’s law school, where she remains on the faculty and is associated with its Center for International Human Rights. Juliet grew up in New York City and is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School.
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A lawsuit against Injustice Watch tried to upend First Amendment protections. It failed.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to take the appeal of a Philadelphia police officer’s case, which sought to reverse the long-standing ‘actual malice’ doctrine in defamation cases against news organizations.
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Ten years ago Illinois abolished the death penalty. These people helped make it happen.
Seven people who advocated for the end of capital punishment reflect on the movement that led Illinois to abolish the death penalty in 2011.
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Cook County Jail election guide rejection harms voters and the free press
County officials say the jail mailroom accidentally rejected Injustice Watch’s judicial election guide. But accidents violate the Constitution, too.
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A Supreme Court justice’s legacy in jeopardy
Justice John Paul Stevens, who died at 99, believed that government should be neutral. In 2019, the question is whether that model can still survive.