Incoming Illinois Chief Justice Mary Theis on judicial nonpartisanship and her history with the legal system
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis (left) is pictured with outgoing Chief Justice Anne M. Burke. Both are Democrats. Jerry Nowicki/Capitol News Illinois
Illinois will soon have one of the highest percentages of women on its high court in the nation. Leading the court will be incoming Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, taking over from Anne Burke.
She joined The 21st to talk about the struggle to keep the court out of partisan politics, plus some of her own judicial history.
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Mary Jane Theis was sworn in as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday in a public ceremony, becoming the fourth woman to hold the gavel since the court was created in 1818. https://t.co/KTkK2vRyd0
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