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2. Shakman Decrees - Wikipedia

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   Shakman filed a class action suit against the Democratic Organization of Cook County, claiming that political patronage employment violated the First Amendment and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Shakman asserted that the defendants, including a number of government employees and ...

3. Editorial: Shakman took on patronage, but the job’s ... - AOL

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   The result was a series of court-ordered reforms known as the Shakman decrees that banned political considerations in hiring and firing in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois government. More than ...

4. Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County - Wikipedia

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   Shakman, then an attorney, ran for a public position outside of the Cook County Democratic Party and lost. He was distressed at the level of support the incumbent Democrats received from public employees and was, along with other plaintiffs, shocked to learn that this was often mandatory support required by the politicians as a part of the ...

5. Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from ...

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   But attorney Michael Shakman, who brought the original anti-patronage case to court in 1969 and whose name became synonymous with hiring oversight in Cook County, said the Tribune’s findings ...

6. Cook County Democratic Party - Wikipedia

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   Article I of the by-laws of the Cook County Democratic Party states that the party exists to "attract, endorse, and support qualified Democratic candidates for office, to develop positions on issues of public importance, to advance the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party, and to seek to improve the lives of the people of Cook County through effective, efficient, and fair government."

7. Cook County judge who implemented controversial courthouse ...

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   A Cook County judge who controversially banned a law clerk from the county’s main courthouse for using a cellphone in her courtroom will undergo training and mentoring, officials said. The order ...