Caitlyn Rosen

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Illinois claims that public transit, like Chicago's L train, is a "sensitive place" that is exempted from the Supreme Court's ruling that modern gun regulations must align with historical ones. CHICAGO (CN) — Illinois maintained that the state's gun restrictions on public transit were constitutionally and historically sound to a Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday.

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CHICAGO (CN) — The Indiana Department of Corrections maintained to a dubious Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday that a lower court shouldn't have greenlighted an inmate's gender affirming surgery. The inmate, Autumn Cordellioné, requested sexual reassignment surgery in 2022 and was subsequently evaluated by a department psychologist who declined to move forward with the surgery. She is currently serving a 55 year sentence for murdering her infant stepdaughter and has been incarcerated since 2002.

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The Department of Justice announced the investigation one day after Johnson spoke at a South Side church and boasted about the diversity in his administration. CHICAGO (CN) — The Department of Justice is investigating the city of Chicago for what it described as discriminatory hiring practices in a letter addressed to the mayor, which was shared to social media Monday afternoon.

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CHICAGO (CN) — The city of Chicago says in a Friday lawsuit that the Department of Homeland Security acted beyond its legal authority after it cut funding to the city’s counterterrorism program. “The actions taken by the federal government are unconstitutional. The United States Constitution assigns the responsibility to enact laws and appropriate funds, while requiring the president to execute those laws,” Mary Richardson-Lowry, Chicago’s chief corporation counsel, said in an emailed statement.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Caitlyn Rosen

CHICAGO (CN) — A former building inspector reiterated to a Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday that his corruption conviction should be overturned because of an unconstitutionally vague law. In 2023, a federal jury found Lester Crowder guilty on five counts of using a facility in interstate commerce — his cellphone — to violate the Illinois bribery statute. He appealed his conviction in 2024, and cited ambiguity with the statute as a reason for his conviction to be vacated.