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Enforcement of Illinois Vehicle-Registration and Traffic-Safety Laws
Click here to download a PDF of the letter. April 16, 2026 Director Brendan F. Kelly Illinois State Police 801 South 7th Street Springfield, Illinois 62703 Re: Enforcement of Illinois vehicle-registration and traffic-safety laws [...]
Illinois Supreme Court Amends Rules To Address Legal Deserts
April 14, 2026 Chief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to several Supreme Court Rules to address unmet legal needs in the state. “Legal deserts”, a term [...]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Position On Reauthorization of FISA Section 702
Section 702 was added to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by amendment enacted by Congress in 2008. Section 702 allows the National Security Agency to conduct individualized searches of non-U.S. persons' communications without [...]
FOIA For The Judiciary
A recent update from Fix the Court highlights a renewed push for transparency within the federal judiciary through the introduction of a proposed FOIA-style framework. Unlike other branches of government, the judiciary is not [...]
Court Affirms First Amendment Protections in Challenge to Broadview Protest Restrictions
A court has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Village of Broadview from enforcing an executive order that sought to restrict protest hours near the ICE Processing Facility. In issuing the ruling, Judge Chang affirmed [...]
ATJ Commission Seeks Volunteers For Community Trust And Disability Access Committees
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) is charged with promoting accessible, responsive, fair, inclusive, safe, unbiased, and welcoming courts. To help achieve this vision, the ATJ Commission created the [...]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Urges Withdrawal of DOJ Rule That Would Upend Enforcement of State Disciplinary Rules Against DOJ Attorneys
Update as of April 13th, 2026 The Chicago Council of Lawyers advocacy on this issue has received recognition at the federal level. In response to CCL's March 16th letter opposing the Deparatment of Justice's proposed [...]
Calls Grow for Movement to Curb Billionaire Influence
A recent opinion piece in The Guardian highlights growing concerns about the influence of extreme wealth on American democracy and calls for a broader public movement to curb the political power of billionaires. The [...]
AI Surveillance: Need for Regulatory Safeguards
The U.S. government’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) surveillance has increased rapidly in the last five years. For example, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has access to over 640 million photographs that can [...]
Legality, Justice, and the Use of Cruelty
Public debate over the policies of the second Trump administration—both in the mainstream press and across social media—frequently collapses two distinct questions into one: whether a policy is lawful, and whether it is just. [...]
