The hundreds of thousands of Americans who took part in the “No Kings” protests across the country on Saturday, June 14, were asserting a demand that the current president and his minions comply with the rule of law. Elections do have consequences. It is the American way to oppose policies and programs of a president […]
Dennis A. Rendleman
Dennis Rendleman is a Springfield lawyer who has worked as the ethics counsel for the American Bar Association, an assistant professor of legal studies at University of Illinois Springfield and general counsel for Illinois State Bar Association.
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When the president sent troops to Chicago
Oregon Governor Kate Brown calls them “Trump Troops.” This refers to the unidentified federal paramilitary forces being inserted into domestic law enforcement in Portland and, apparently considered for Chicago. “We do not need federal troops in Chicago,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a press conference Monday, after widespread looting downtown the night before. The entire […]
