Written by James M. Odom
Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3, of the U.S. Constitution requires legislative districts to be based upon an actual count of population every 10 years. The Illinois Constitution also requires this.
The procedure for drawing legislative districts prescribed by the Illinois Constitution is for the Legislature to complete a redistricting plan for legislative districts according to the new federal census, in the year following the census.
If the redistricting plan is not complete by June 30th, a commission of 8 members (half to be non-legislators), appointed by July 10th by each of the majority and minority political leadership, “no more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party,” will complete the redistricting plan.… Continue Reading
Tags: census data, Cook County Democrats, Dan McConchie, Illinois Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court, Jim Durkin, legislative districts, Redistricting, remapping, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Constitution
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | 
June 16, 2021 7:17 AM | 
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Written by David Limbaugh
I am saddened by what occurred at the nation’s Capitol building on Wednesday. Such mob violence, especially against the nation’s institutions of government, must be firmly and unequivocally condemned.
For my entire lifetime, the Republican Party has been the party of law and order and has zealously honored the U.S. Constitution. We must and will continue to be.
Most conservatives are rightly condemning the violence, but it should be noted that this is not typical of people on the right.… Continue Reading
Written by Marc S. Strecker
An essential principle of the United States is that it is a free country, with individual liberties guaranteed, and government power limited. That concept is now being tested. A deadly worldwide pandemic has led to draconian lockdowns, forced closings of businesses, and even mandatory “stay at home” orders, some with Orwellian, friendly sounding names like “Safer at Home” or “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” – but still mandatory and enforced by police. … Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
Upon delivering two articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that Mr. Trump was guilty of “an assault on the Constitution of the United States.”
Wow. That was some phone call he made to Ukraine’s president. Who knew that, if unaddressed, it would unravel the nation’s founding document?
In any case, Mrs. Pelosi’s newfound, if selective, respect for the U.S. Constitution is refreshing.
In 2010, when asked what part of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Beth Williams, Bill Clinton, Dillon Rule, Donald J. Trump, Eric H. Holder Jr., Loretta Copeland Biggs, Mark Herring, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, Peter J. Messitte, sanctuary cities, U.S. Constitution, Ukraine, Wendy Beetlestone
Federal Issues, Impeachment | David E. Smith | January 23, 2020 7:00 AM | Comments Off on The Constitution and Rule of Law – When It Suits Them
Written by Trevor Thomas
In order to remove the U.S. president, the vice president, federal judges, and other federal officials from office, Article I, Section II of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. House of Representatives “the sole Power of Impeachment.” Article I, Section III gives the U.S. Senate “the sole Power to try all Impeachments.” In the history of the United States, the U.S. House has initiated impeachment proceedings dozens of times; however, only 19 individuals have faced actual Articles of Impeachment.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Climate Change, Donald J. Trump, Federalist 65, Federalist Papers, Gender Dysphoria, George Mason, Hillary Clinton, illegal immigration, impeachment, Islam, Jihad, Jihad Watch, LGBTQ Agenda, LGBTyranny, open borders, POTUS, sexual immorality, Sharia, U.S. Constitution
Media Watch | David E. Smith | October 11, 2019 5:45 AM | Comments Off on If Only We Could Impeach the Left-Wing Media
Written by Robert Knight
The first rule of any Marxist revolution is that rules are fine if they advance the cause or cripple opponents. The rules can be discarded the minute they get in the way.
That’s the way America’s Marxists, socialists and many liberals operate when it comes to the U.S. Constitution, especially the First Amendment.
Here’s the relevant portion:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.”
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Tags: abortion, ACLU, Antonio Gramsci, Bob Dylan, Chick-Fil-A, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Cultural Marxism, Frankfurt School, Herbert Marcuse, Jim Crow laws, Karl Marx, Marxism, Roe v. Wade, The Equality Act, U.S. Constitution, voter ID laws, Washington Post
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | May 30, 2019 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Rejecting the Marxists’ Version of the Constitution
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Extreme leftists such as U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives this year. They have a lot of radical policy ideas they’d love to see enacted, but the reality is that they are powerless to implement any of them as mere individual members of Congress. But a dangerous and erroneous premise has persisted in our political system that if somehow those individuals got appointed to federal judgeships, they would have the ability to unilaterally enact any policy they choose by granting legal groups standing in court cases – and have that decision be regarded as the law of the land.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortifacients, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Center for Immigration Studies, constitutional separation, Dan Cadman, Donald J. Trump, Hobby Lobby, Jesse M. Furman, Judicial Activism, judicial supremacy, Leonie Brinkema, Rashida Tlaib, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, SCOTUS, U.S. Census, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | January 21, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on What’s Your Solution to Rampaging Judicial Tyranny?
Written by David J. Shestokas
Investigating President Trump’s nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh brought back memories of law school and a nettlesome problem I observed in America. Here’s how I came to believe a Justice Kavanaugh will be good for America.
As part of being on law review all members write a piece called a “note”. It’s not an “article” since it’s a piece being written by a law student, not a lawyer.… Continue Reading
Written by John Biver
The Republican National Committee has released a new video that has pleased a lot of conservatives. The RNC is not known for showing a willingness to fight. Is it possible that that President Donald Trump’s leadership is changing some minds over at the typically staid national committee?
There has been talk about an oncoming “second civil war” in America as the political divide grows, the center shrinks, and the number of shared values appears to decrease.… Continue Reading
Written by John Biver
Is the Declaration of Independence “perhaps one of the most important documents in the history of mankind”? Or are both the Declaration and U.S. Constitution to be disregarded because there were slave owners involved with drafting them?
David Shestokas is Monte Larrick’s guest on this week’s Illinois Spotlight podcast. Shestokas is an expert on the American Founding documents, a former Cook County assistant state’s attorney, and an author of: Creating the Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Sound Bites, and Capsulas Informativas Constitucionales, which “explains for Spanish language readers both the meaning and historical context of the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.”… Continue Reading
