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  1. WGN Radio

    Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent Discusses SAFE-T Act, Separation of Powers

    “What I think the opinion misses is that the legislature plays a vital role in the criminal justice system and always has,” Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent said of a judge’s ruling on Illinois’ SAFE-T Act. “In fact it starts with the fact that, what is criminal? Judges don’t decide what’s criminal, the legislature does. What about sentencing? It’s the legislature that sets the parameters of sentencing. ... There is a joint undertaking from the legislature and the judicial.”

  2. WLS-AM 890

    Professor Harold Krent Talks About Kankakee County Judge's Ruling on SAFE-T Act Cash Bail Provision

    “I’m not suggesting that the legislature drew a perfect line here in terms of when we should decide an individual is dangerous and should not be released prior to the trial, but I do think that it’s up to the legislature to make a good-faith effort to accommodate the interests of safety, of fairness, and that’s what they attempted to do,” said Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent.

  3. Daily Herald

    Separation of Powers Expert Harold Krent Explains Legislature's Role in Criminal Justice System

    “We can all draw the lines differently,” Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent said, “but I think ... the Kankakee court didn’t notice that this was a reasonable effort under the Illinois constitution to try to accommodate the interests of the public in being safe, with having a fair and equitable criminal justice system that didn’t automatically make freedom pending trial contingent upon someone’s wealth.”

  4. WBEZ Radio

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Richard Kling Says Judge's SAFE-T Act Ruling Wasn't a Surprise

    “The arguments raised all had merit, they weren’t frivolous,” Chicago-Kent Professor Richard Kling said. He noted that Judge THomas Cunnington did not issue an injunction along with his ruling, meaning that the decision will not stop jurisdictions that are not among the plaintiffs in the suit from implementing the provisions of the SAFE-T Act.

  5. ABC7 Chicago

    SAFE-T Act Ruling Diminishes Authority of Legislature, Professor Harold Krent Says

    "The court short-changed the legislature's longstanding interest in defining what is a crime, defining what is a sentence for a particular crime, and defining when bail should be allowed or not allowed," said Professor Harold Krent, Kent College of Law and separation of powers expert.

  6. Chicago Tribune

    Professor Harold Krent Talks About 'Highly Contestable' Ruling on SAFE-T Act

    Harold Krent, a law professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law, called Judge Thomas Cunnington’s ruling on the separation of powers violations “highly contestable,” arguing that the state legislature also has an interest in making sure the court system is fair. The legislature has already weighed in on similar matters, such as limiting judges’ discretion in sentencing.

  7. Bloomberg Law

    Professor Harold Krent Discusses What's Coming Up at Supreme Court

    “There has never been a criminal action brought against a foreign state-owned enterprise in our history,” Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent said of a case before the Supreme Court involving a Turkish bank accused of laundering money for Iran. “And the 2nd Circuit held that there’s no law immunizing a state-owned bank for its commercial activities the way there would be to protect a state diplomat, and so the criminal charges could go forward. So this is really unprecedented and it’s a major change which will have ripple effects around the world.”

  8. ABC7 Chicago

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Richard Kling Discusses Police Scanner Encryption

    Chicago Kent College of Law clinical professor of law and defense attorney Richard Kling offered his analysis of the Chicago Police Department's decision to encrypt its radio transmissions.

  9. WGN Radio

    Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro Offers Analysis of Supreme Court's Wedding Website Case

    A Christian graphic designer’s objection to making websites for same-sex weddings has landed before the Supreme Court, which could allow commercial businesses serving the public to discriminate based on sexual orientation. “I don't know of a situation where rights have been recognized and then the court moved away from them,” said Carolyn Shapiro, constitutional law professor at Chicago-Kent.

  10. New York Times

    Constitutional Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro Discusses Supreme Court Case Moore v. Harper

    State constitutions set rules for federal elections, such as requiring votes by ballot instead of by voice, even under the Articles of Confederation that preceded the Constitution, said constitutional law professor Carolyn Shapiro. “There’s nothing in the contemporaneous materials to suggest that anybody intended” what proponents of the independent state legislature theory contend.