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In recent days, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel endorsed a proposal in City Council, introduced by Alderman Danny Solis, to change the way that Chicago Police deal with arrests for those persons who possess less than ten (10) grams of marijuana.
CHICAGO -- A Chicago man who is HIV-positive and was detained for seven days in 2010 at the Bureau County Jail in Princeton, Illinois today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the denial of prescribed medications to manage his condition. The lawsuit today comes nearly a year after the American C
CHICAGO -- Seeking recognition for their shared love and commitment and protection for their families and loved ones, nine (9) couples from Evanston to Marion filed a lawsuit today to challenge the constitutionality of an Illinois law that denies gay and lesbian couples the freedom to mar
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois in a case involving Illinois’ controversial eavesdropping law.
Chicago – The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, joined by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is asking a state appellate court to reject a claim advanced by the Illinois Attorney General that the State of Illinois cannot be sued in circuit court for employment di
