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This artist sketch depicts White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaking in the Senate chamber during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Dana Verkouteren via AP

For senators, being silent jurors is hard

A widespread struggle with attention late Tuesday and early this morning as arguments in the abuse and obstruction trial stretched past midnight is a challenge anyone who’s served on a jury might understand, but senators try not to complain, given the enormous political stakes of the impeachment trial during the 2020 election year.
By Laurie Kellman
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Oak Park Democrat Harmon takes top Senate position

When Sen. Donald F. Harmon was sworn in as the 39th Senate president on Sunday, Sangamon County Associate Judge Rudolph M. Braud Jr. instructed the newly minted leader to raise his right hand.
By Timothy Eggert and Sarah Mansur
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Study finds chaos in immigration courts

Shrouded in secrecy, the immigration courts run by the U.S. Department of Justice have been dysfunctional for years and have only gotten worse.
By Kate Brumback, Deepti Hajela and Amy Taxin

AG Raoul files amicus brief to halt courthouse arrests

The state’s top attorney is supporting a lawsuit that seeks to block federal agents from making civil immigration arrests inside and around state courthouses.
By Sarah Mansur

‘Frivolous’ lawsuit against Costco, Melrose Park officials dismissed

A federal judge last week dismissed a suit brought by a man who sued more than three dozen defendants after he was ticketed by police for leaving a Costco store without paying for the shrimp he allegedly ate.
By Jordyn Reiland

Ex-student’s claims against foreign veterinary school tossed again

A federal judge has turned away an ex-student of a Caribbean veterinary school who claimed he was misled into enrolling and kicked out for exposing cheats.
By Andrew Maloney

Class certification denied in 'Empire' JTDC suit

Two juvenile detainees suing Cook County for placing them in lockdown to film the TV show “Empire” will have to pursue their lawsuit alone for now after Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer denied them class status.
By Jessie M. Molloy

Same-sex marriages possess equal rights despite Indiana law

The state of Indiana must issue birth certificates identifying both wives in a same-sex marriage as their children’s parents, a federal appeals court held.
By Patricia Manson
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This artist sketch depicts White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaking in the Senate chamber during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Dana Verkouteren via AP
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For senators, being silent jurors is hard
Newly sworn-in Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, left, shakes hands with 7th Circuit Associate Judge Rudolph M. Braud Jr. after taking the oath of office, along with Gov. J.B. Pritzker, second from right, in the Illinois Senate at the Illinois State Capitol Sunday.
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Oak Park Democrat Harmon takes top Senate position
Mailboxes for various departments line a hallway as detainees walk through the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., last week. The rural town is about 140 miles southwest of Atlanta and next to the Georgia-Alabama state line. The town’s 1,172 residents are outnumbered by the roughly 1,650 male detainees that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said were being held in the detention center in late November.
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Study finds chaos in immigration courts
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill this morning. On Wednesday night, the House formally delivered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate.
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Pelosi warns Senate not to be Trump’s ‘henchmen’ in trial
In a suit stemming from the massive class-action case against the NFL over former players’ concussions, a litigation finance company sued a Florida attorney in Chicago federal court alleging he helped secure loans for several ex-athletes who won’t actually be eligible for compensation from the league’s proposed 10-figure settlement.
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Litigaton financier sues lawyer over loans to NFL players