Single-subject rule: falling on the sword of Damocles?

The high court revisits the single-subject rule.

The author argues that there is a better way for courts to limit legislators' power to combine diverse subjects into a single bill and offers an alternative.

One of the more celebrated accomplishments of the Illinois General Assembly in 1998 was passage of ethics legislation imposing limits on gifts and contributions to state office holders and candidates for those offices.

These two rulings give practitioners new ammunition with which to challenge civil and administrative fines and sanctions.