...We urge the county board to seek the court’s appointment of legal counsel for them as it’s clear the State’s Attorney is more focused on losing this case than winning...
...one. Later, the Electoral Board petitioned the Chief Judge to appoint a “public member” as a replacement (instead of the Deputy Sheriff). The “Acting Chief Judge” appointed Elected Will County...
...to appoint EITHER the Treasurer OR the Sheriff, and the Sheriff would only be appointed IF the Treasurer was ineligible to serve on the Electoral Board. The notion that this...
...must appoint a “public member” to serve on the Electoral Board. This can be found in the last paragraph of Section 10-9 of the Election Code: “Any vacancies on an...
...court orders to quarantine people and close businesses without their consent; and those opposed have a right to counsel which the State must appoint, if necessary. The Governor can neither...
...a State’s Attorney who: “may appoint qualified attorneys to assist as Special Assistant State’s Attorneys when the public interest so requires.” A keyword in that provision is “assist”. That means...
...the very due process rights we spelled out over 6 weeks ago. “You have the right to counsel. If you are indigent, the court will appoint counsel for you. 20...
...the public shall have the right to counsel. If a person or owner is indigent, the court shall appoint counsel for that person or owner. Persons who are ordered to...
...an attorney who was never properly appointed to operate in the County. For those that are interested to know how a Special Assistant State’s Attorney was to be appointed prior...
...Kankakee has appointed its Comptroller to the Board of the KRMA and this Comptroller appointment needs a separate opinion. We wrote several article last year on these appointments which can...