The judgment of the world is usually wrong in the beginning, and it takes centuries to correct it,” Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy once wrote.The same could be said about Illinois law.The state grandfathered slavery into its first constitution and denied Myra Bradwell a law license decades later. It nearly went bankrupt during a depression and expansion of banks in 1837, and it’s being crushed by pension debt and other financial woes today.Still, after 200 years, the Prairie State endures. And decisions by its …