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  Cochran
  Seven Reasons Why Protecting 7th Amendment Should Be Republican & Tea Party Priority
  1/29/2012 10:00 AM By Andrew Cochran 

  In various posts since the inception of the 7th Amendment Advocate website, I've addressed the relevance of the right to have a civil suit heard before a jury in the context of individual issues of importance to Tea Partiers, Constitutional conservatives and Republicans.
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• Don Weber wants to change the courthouse climate in Madison County
  1/28/2012 8:25 AM   -Our View

  Instead of just talking about the weather, Don Weber of Troy plans to do something about it.
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  Best place for fair play is a neutral court
  1/21/2012 8:37 AM   -Our View

  Cheaters never win? Cheaters never prosper? Who comes up with such maxims? Someone living in a cave?
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  Inherit the Wind
  1/17/2012 12:56 PM By John J. Hopkins  -Side Bar

  The only salvage of redemption can be for my old friend Dunstan to admit that his call was a mistake, nothing was in fact irregular and fall on his sword in contrition. But this is not likely to happen and the dye may very well have been cast.
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• Madison County regains obesity award for asbestos litigation
  1/15/2012 4:10 PM   -Our View

  Some people are just naturally slim. They can eat whatever they want in large amounts and not gain weight.
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• Obama's Keystone pipeline decision is major blunder
  1/15/2012 3:37 PM   -Letters to the Editor

  President Obama's decision to delay the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline is a major blunder.
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  Cochran
  Supreme Court again expands use of forced arbitration clauses
  1/15/2012 3:27 PM By Andrew Cochran 

  Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has taken another opportunity to expand the use of forced arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, denying us the right to negotiate such clauses out and take our claims to a jury.
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• ESL Election Board referendum showdown Jan. 17
  1/12/2012 3:55 PM   -Letters to the Editor

  On Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 9 a.m. in Room 407 of the St. Clair County Courthouse, the Belleville law firm of Kurowski & Shultz will oppose a petition to place a referendum on the East St. Louis ballot to accept or reject the City Election Law of 1885.
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• 'Sorry Works!' but not for Doug Wojcieszak
  1/7/2012 9:49 AM   -Our View

  "Sorry Works!" is a program developed and promoted by Metro East gadfly Doug Wojcieszak, ostensibly to address the medical malpractice liability crisis.
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• TRS reform must take place
  1/7/2012 9:00 AM   -Letters to the Editor

  Is sacrifice no longer a politically correct word when applied to doing what is best to save Illinois and to ease the burden on taxpayers in a challenged economy?
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• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Legal Version)
  12/23/2011 12:18 PM   -Their View
• Gonna take a sentimental jury
  12/23/2011 6:58 AM   -Our View
• It's a Wonderful County!
  12/21/2011 7:35 AM By John J. Hopkins  -Side Bar
• The new Madison County standard
  12/17/2011 12:32 PM   -Our View
• Madison and St. Clair Counties return to 'Hellhole Status'
  12/17/2011 12:00 PM By Travis Akin  -Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch
• Depending on who asks, Greenville's water is either safe or unsafe to drink
  12/10/2011 12:44 PM   -Our View
• French lesson for the president
  12/10/2011 10:54 AM   -Letters to the Editor
• A regular rogues gallery
  12/5/2011 8:31 AM   -Our View
• Kern doesn't know statute
  12/4/2011 12:26 PM   -Letters to the Editor
• Obama should approve the Keystone pipeline deal
  12/3/2011 11:00 AM   -Letters to the Editor

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