Editorial: Ed Burke remains a licensed attorney. No, that’s not a joke.

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Editorial: Ed Burke remains a licensed attorney. No, that’s not a joke.
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A majority of Illinois Supreme Court justices recused themselves on yanking Ed Burke’s law license. What a travesty.

Former Ald. Edward Burke, accompanied by his wife, former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, arrives for his trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Nov. 30, 2023. tied to using his public position to pressure those needing various city approvals to employ his law firm on property tax appeals.

Burke’s attorney told the newspaper he no longer even wants his law license, so arguably this is moot. But the optics are terrible all the same. It’s not much of a stretch to wonder, though. Burke, merely a Chicago alderman for the five-plus decades until leaving the City Council last year, wielded power far beyond his elected position and had an outsize influence over whom the Democratic Party slated for judges or backed in judicial elections.

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