http://www.mail.com/people/129420-richard-posner.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/129420-richard-posner.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1908366-ruling-leaves-ill-grappling-with-concealed-carry.html CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday narrowly rejected Illinois' request to reconsider a ruling that found the state's concealed carry weapons ban unconstitutional, leaving lawmakers in the only state that still prohibits concealed carry more certain than ever they must come up with a new law. The 5-4 ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:06:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1908366-ruling-leaves-ill-grappling-with-concealed-carry.html 2013-02-22T23:06:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860394-patrick-fitzgerald-takes-socrates-mock-trial.html CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted mobsters, terrorists, a White House aide and two Illinois governors. On Thursday, the former top prosecutor got a crack at Socrates. Yes, that Socrates, the Greek philosopher. Fitzgerald, one of the nation's highest profile federal prosecutors until he recently entered private practice, represented Athens i... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860394-patrick-fitzgerald-takes-socrates-mock-trial.html 2013-02-01T03:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1769598-high-court-fight-looms-to-carry-gun.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The next big issue in the national debate over guns — whether people have a right to be armed in public — is moving closer to Supreme Court review. A provocative ruling by a panel of federal appeals court judges in Chicago struck down the only statewide ban on carrying concealed weapons, in Illinois. The ruling is somewhat at odds with t... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1769598-high-court-fight-looms-to-carry-gun.html 2012-12-16T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760378-court-ruling-ill-gun-ban-sets-stage-fight.html CHICAGO (AP) — Backers of Illinois' ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court struck down the nation's last such prohibition as unconstitutional and ordered the state to craft a law allowing it. Chicago aldermen joined gun control advocates in urging state Attorney Gener... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760378-court-ruling-ill-gun-ban-sets-stage-fight.html 2012-12-13T01:35:00Z