| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute is pleased to publish this paper from Dr. Stephen L. Wasby who is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University at Albany-SUNY. Steve, who is a former Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is a nationally recognized expert in the field of constitutional law and judicial processes. In this paper he surveys the various plans for selecting judges utilized by the fifty states. These plans break down broadly into elective versus appointive systems with those who use elections further distinguished by partisan versus non-partisan elections. The most popular plan is the Merit Selection or Missouri Plan which originated in our neighboring state. This plan has received much attention lately and it is the one most directly addressed in Wasbys paper. | | | | Date Created: | 11-03-2009 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 15 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054654 Original UID: 176065 FIRST WORD: Selecting | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The newsletter of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054691 Original UID: FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 Fall Issue 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The newsletter of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. | | | | Date Created: | 11-21-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054699 Original UID: 176114 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 Fall Issue 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The newsletter of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. | | | | Date Created: | 11-01-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054700 Original UID: 176115 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 Fall Issue 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The newsletter of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054701 Original UID: 176116 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 Fall Issue No. 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The newsletter of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. | | | | Date Created: | 07-31-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000060589 Original UID: 181486 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 Fall Issue No. 25 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The newsletter of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. | | | | Date Created: | 08-29-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000060590 Original UID: 181487 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 September | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Kent Redfield used to tell a great story while on the speaking circuit in 1996. To describe a weakness in Illinois campaign finance laws, he explained that if a terrorist organization filed a routine semiannual report with the Illinois State Board of Elections and declared its purpose to be the assassination of public officials, the elections boards only role would be to make certain that the group had filed the paperwork properly. That's because the board had no authority to begin an investigation or to question what was in a candidates reports. Illinois laws regarding campaign finance disclosure had no teeth, and they had changed very little in the two decadessince being enacted in 1974. | | | | Date Created: | 10-06-2006 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 5 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054644 Original UID: 176054 FIRST WORD: Still | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Despite repeated reform efforts by a variety of activists and reform groups, the process by which reapportionment is accomplished in Illinois falls far short of the ideal. A set of cosmetic reforms was enacted at the end of the last decade, but the process is not transparent and still easily hijacked for partisan and incumbent advantage by the leadership of the General Assembly. The system falls even farther short of ideal when compared to the relatively apolitical and efficient system employed in neighboring Iowa. This paper demonstrates the anti-democratic nature of the current process and examines the mechanisms by which reform efforts have been thwarted in the recent past. The continued abuse of the apportionment process serves to perpetuate the control of a power elite in Illinois, which, in turn, prevents consideration of policy proposals that hold the potential to alleviate the host of other problems that plague the state. | | | | Date Created: | 05-15-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 35 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054674 Original UID: 176085 FIRST WORD: There's | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | If my friend Tom Eagleton had lived a few more months, Im sure he would have been amazed and amused in a Tom Eagleton sort of way - by the astonishing story of Alberto Gonzales late night visit to John Aschrofts hospital bed in 2004 to persuade the then attorney general to reauthorize a questionable intelligence operation related to the presidents warrantless wiretapping program. No vignette better encapsulates President George W. Bushs perversion of the rule of law. | | | | Date Created: | 08-30-2007 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 8 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054647 Original UID: 176057 FIRST WORD: Tom | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Scholars, pundits, and citizens know Illinois is at the forefront of corruption, as reported in the popular fact that four out of the last eight governors of Illinois have spent time in federal prison. We chalk up corruption to officials misusing their public role for their own private good. However, when we talk about corruption, even when we use inclusive language, we see the actor as a man, as corruption occurring in old-boys networks, and in dark and hidden backrooms of Springfield and Chicago, full of kickbacks and cigar smoke. What is missing from that analysis is an examination of the types of corruption that occur when we look at women in public positions and the corrupt acts they engage in. Illinois also ranks highly on several factors that measure the number of women in political positions of power (Center for American Women and Politics 2015), and so the question is raised: what is the role of women when it comes to corruption? | | | | Date Created: | 06-25-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 42 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054727 Original UID: 176146 FIRST WORD: Unsupervised, | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The question of whether a legislator should have his or her years of service capped by term limits is an issue that demands attention because of significant voter support in Illinois. Legislative term limits have long been a popular response to perceived corruption or inaction in politics. Almost eight in ten [voters] (78.7 percent) favor, and more than half [of voters] (54.0 percent) strongly favor term limits.1 However, since term limits are not currently incorporated into any article of The Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 (hereinafter Illinois Constitution), those supporting term limits must amend the constitution to include them. This task is easier said than done. | | | | Date Created: | 04-21-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 36 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054675 Original UID: 176086 FIRST WORD: Voter | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The office of lieutenant governor in Illinois has often been the subject of debate, particularly during budget preparation time. This essay examines the history of the office of lieutenant governor in other states and in Illinois. Changes in the process of selecting the lieutenant governor are described, along with the current duties of the office. Finally, the author recommends changes in law and practice which would make the office of greater value to the state. | | | | Date Created: | 09-03-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper no. 43 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000056111 Original UID: 177092 FIRST WORD: Warm | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 September | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois and its neighboring Midwestern states face substantial water resources problems that form policy challenges and dilemmas. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2005 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 3 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054642 Original UID: 176052 FIRST WORD: Water | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 September 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press release from the office of State Senator James A. DeLeo concerning the passage of Senate Bill 780, which intensifies the requirements of disclosure and transparency in state government, out of the Senate. | | | | Date Created: | 09 23 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000014563 Original UID: 8061 FIRST WORD: Deleo | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Public Act 96-0795 requires the Chief Procurement Officers to file proposed extensions or renewals of contracts with the Procurement Policy Board (PPB) if the cost associated with the extension or renewal exceeds $249,999. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042387 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: FY... | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Public Act 96-0795 requires the Chief Procurement Officers to file proposed extensions or renewals of contracts with the Procurement Policy Board (PPB) if the cost associated with the extension or renewal exceeds $249,999. | | | | Date Created: | 07 25 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040388 Original UID: 20605 FIRST WORD: FY2011 | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Presented here is the annual report for the Procurement Policy Board proposed contract review. | | | | Date Created: | 03 24 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000024915 Original UID: 12180 FIRST WORD: Proposed | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Presented here is the annual report for the Procurement Policy Board proposed contract review. | | | | Date Created: | 04 28 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000024916 Original UID: 12181 FIRST WORD: Proposed | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The annual report for the Procurement Policy Board proposed contract review. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000025128 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: Proposed | |
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