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The conservative group Judicial Watch filed a class action arguing that Evanston’s first-in-the-nation reparations plan violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment because it uses race as a requirement for eligibility.
Lawyers for the city said U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings had a conflict because he signed onto a report about torture by Chicago police. Cummings says city lawyers did not try to remove another judge — who once prosecuted Burge.
The bookseller plans to open three more locations in the Chicago area this summer, part of a larger plan to expand its physical footprint nationwide.
That means the mind-altering products will be unchecked for yet another summer in Chicago and beyond.