Republican Donald Trump's return to the presidency is expected to precipitate a shift in the U.S. government's legal stance ...

It took U.S. Judge Stephen McGlynn 178 pages to explain why, but the bottom line is that the downstate federal judge has declared Gov. J.B. Pritzker's highly touted assault-weapons ban ...

A panel of federal judges is weighing whether to overturn a Cook County ban on semiautomatic weapons in a case that could ...

The case went before the appellate court only four days after a conservative federal judge declared Illinois' statewide ...

Illinois banned the sale and possession of more than 170 semi-automatic firearms and magazines. A federal Judge said Friday ...

A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the ...

Attorneys for the state of Illinois filed a notice of appeal with the federal district court that found the state’s gun and ...

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn calmed the dentist-turned-businessman’s nerves – ruling Illinois’ ban is “unconstitutional.” In a 168-page opinion, the downstate judge cited the law as ...

CHICAGO - Donald Trump won the presidential election Tuesday while many local offices were also up for grabs; tent ...

Officials in the state have already filed an appeal after the Trump-appointed judge’s ruling, which cites recent Supreme ...