Courts & rulings
Illinois · highest court
Supreme Court of Illinois
Elected (partisan)
Chief: Elected by the justices from among their own members for a three-year term (renewable)..
Justices
All judges & justices →- P. Scott Neville Jr.
- David K. Overstreet
- Lisa Holder White
- Joy V. Cunningham
- Elizabeth M. Rochford
- Mary K. O'Brien
- Sanjay T. Tailor
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Illinois (1970)
Adopted 1970. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Illinois constitution means.
Interstitial, departs when state-specific factors justify it
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).