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Group behind tariff challenge calls Pritzker’s refund check demand irrational
Sean Reed | July 20, 2026 (The Center Square) As over $86 billion has begun making its way back to small businesses impacted by tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is still demanding refund checks for Illinois families. Sara Albrecht, chairman and CEO of the...
How Should the Court Address Discrimination?
Sara Albrecht | July 17, 2026 (The Washington Post – Opinion) The July 14 front-page article “‘Colorblind Constitution’ concept underlies key Supreme Court decisions” portrayed constitutional colorblindness as an obscure conservative invention recently elevated by a rightward-moving Supreme Court. That framing is difficult to reconcile with the history the article...
You Shouldn’t Need a Permit to Pray In Your Own Home — the Supreme Court Should Agree
Brendan Philbin | July 15, 2026 (Fox News- Opinion) A zoning technicality is being used to lock Americans out of court when the government chills their First Amendment rights. The Supreme Court should put a stop to it. When the government threatens you for exercising a constitutional right, can it...
Sitting Judge Posts ‘F*** ICE’: The Shocking Double Standard of Illinois Courts
Sara Albrecht | July 23, 2026 (Washington Examiner-Op-Eds) Cook County Circuit Judge Cynthia Ramirez posted two words about a federal law enforcement agency on social media: “F*** ICE.” Ramirez is a sitting judge. Yet, as of this writing, the Illinois bar associations that demanded Judge James R. Brown’s removal over...