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As a lifelong Chicagoan who has worked the streets as a police officer and walked the halls of all the criminal courts in Cook County, I did
is likely to be repealed. Public works and infrastructure programs will likely increase. Immigration policies will be strengthened. Outsourced jobs may be brought back to
our country. These are just some of the changes being discussed by the legal experts who were obvious- ly caught off guard with the stunning Trump vic- tory. The most significant change, however, may lie in the future of the Supreme Court. Trump will have a vacancy on the Supreme Court to fill come January. There is potential for other appointments, which could reshape the court for years to come. The following four names seem to be on Trump’s short list of
selections, and all are considered conservatives.
• Justice Don R. Willett of the Texas Supreme Court:
Willett served as a legal advisor to George W. Bush during Bush’s time as governor and president. He is only 50 years old, so he could have a long-standing stay on the court if selected. He is said to be a strong proponent of individual liberty, from religious free- dom to property rights to the ability to earn a living free from unreasonable government restraints.
• Judge Diane Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: Sykes is viewed as a solid conservative federal judge who has also served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. If her name sounds familiar, it is likely because she wrote the majori- ty opinion in the 2011 case about Chicago’s ban on
not think I was capable of being surprised considering all the bizarre things I have seen in this City. Boy was I mistaken!
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As I write this article, my baseball team, the one that didn’t participate in a parade downtown recently, just trad-
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ed away the most dominant pitcher to ever don a White Sox uniform in my 48 years as a fan. In addition to his skills, Chris Sale was young, healthy, cheap (rela- tively speaking) and under team control for several years. When I heard the names of the players the Sox received in return, I was sure that a couple of them played on Cle- mente High School’s city champion baseball team in the late 1980s. Of course the trade pales in comparison with the most futile franchise in the past 100 years winning the World Series weeks ago. Sorry about the harsh character- ization of your club, Cubs fans, but this is all we Sox fans have left. And if things could not get any stranger, Donald Trump was elected President. Fact truly is stranger than fiction.
Regardless of your politics, no one can deny that the upcoming four years will be great theatre. Political experts have weighed in on the most likely changes that will oc- cur during the Trump presidency. The Affordable Care Act
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