Legal Opinion
Jorgensen v. Blagojevich
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 2004No. 97624, 97656 consPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rarick
The issue before us is whether the General Assembly and the Governor violated the Illinois Constitution when they attempted to eliminate the cost-of-living adjustments to judicial salaries provided by law for the 2003 and 2004 fiscal years. The circuit court declared that they did. In addition, it ordered the Comptroller to include the cost-of-living adjustments for the 2004 fiscal year in the judges’ paychecks. The Governor and Comptroller have appealed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Article VI, section 14, of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 14) provides, in…
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