Cities in Illinois and across the country have laws regulating panhandling. But courts are tossing them out, and Springfield’s ordinance could be next. How can local governments balance First Amendment rights and maintaining public order?
A fisherman gets caught with a supposidly illegal catch. Will the courts reel him in or let him off the hook? Legal commentator Verity Winship casts a wide net for this week's edition of Legal Issues in the News.
Who’re your state’s Supreme Court justices? What decisions are they making for you this fall? This hour on Focus, we’ll talk about some of the cases before the Illinois Supreme Court and will learn more about who’s on the court and how they’re likely to vote.
