Cook County judge sues over re-election age limit
Posted September 12, 2007 11:00 pm
A Cook County circuit judge is suing to challenge a state law that restricts judges from running for re-election after age 75.
Seventy-two-year-old Judge William Maddux claims the law is age discrimination. He says age shouldn't be a criteria for office.
Illinois law does allow some instances for judges to serve past the age limit. For example, a judge can be appointed after 75.
But Maddux's attorney says the law puts a limitation on judges that doesn't apply to other public officials, such as legislators.
Governor Rod Blagojevich and some officials on the Illinois State Board of Elections are named in the lawsuit.
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