Amid all the business going on in Springfield this week, history was happening on the Illinois Supreme Court. For the first time, the majority of the state's high court are women, by a 5-2 count. And there are three Black justices on the court for the first time.
Amid all the business going on in Springfield this week, history was happening on the Illinois Supreme Court.Justices Elizabeth Rochford and Mary Kay O'Brien were sworn in Monday. The two Democrats were both elected to the high court in November. Justice Joy V. Cunningham, who was appointed to replace retired Justice Anne M. Burke, was sworn in on Dec. 1.
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"To say I was the only woman in the room is absolutely true for a very long time in my career, even when I went on the bench," she said."There were very, very few women. But there were some. And as we moved along, there were many more behind me." "Suddenly, we're now going to have three people that are people of color," Theis said."It says something about our state and something about our court that we've evolved to such a place that we can have that diversity."
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