Board closes complaints over perceived conflicts of Illinois Supreme Court justices

Complaints to the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board over perceived conflicts of interest of Illinois two Supreme Court justices are being closed. Last year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave $1 million each to two then-Supreme Court Justice candidates. They won their seats on the high court and later refused to recuse themselves in a challenge of Illinois’ gun ban, legislation Pritzker signed. They also were on the bench and part of the majority decision in the Pretrial Fairness Act which upheld no-cash bail, another law Pritzker signed. Kenneth Mayle, an electrical engineer living in Chicago, filed a complaint with the Judicial Inquiry Board, a panel of members appointed by the governor and the Supreme Court to oversee the judiciary. A letter he received back closed the file.