Posted on 04/29/2020 10:14:58 AM PDT by PBRCat
A Republican lawmaker from northern Illinois has launched a second legal challenge against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, this time aiming to free more Illinoisans from its restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday morning in Winnebago County Circuit Court by Rep. John M. Cabello, records show.
Cabello’s lawsuit seeks an injunction prohibiting Pritzker from entering any further stay-at-home orders against Cabello “and all citizens similarly situated.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
This time it included “all citizens similarly situated.” Nice!
Way to go, JOHN!
Free Illinoisans from PRITZKER/DEMOCRAT COVID 19 tyranny!
Did the last ruling make any difference? A ruling is fine but did it result in any restrictions being lifted?
>> This time it included “all citizens similarly situated.” Nice! <<
Good idea to include that extra clause this time around. I’m told from the FR state boards that the previous SUCCESSFUL lawsuit against Pritzker’s dictatorship (see thread here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3839661/posts) apparently only applied to the guy who filed the suit itself (southern IL state rep. Darren Bailey) and the judge’s decision did not affect the residents of his town, county, district, etc., etc. So apparently the ONLY person in Illinois now who DOESN’T have to obey Lard Butt’s “shelter in place” order is Darren Bailey?
If the Winnebago County judge likewise rules favorably, the Chicago politicians will simply defy it and just sneer that Winnebago County decisions have no power over the rest of the state.
IMO, this really needs to go to the Illinois SC, where I think we could get a favorable ruling in spite of the court’s 4-3 RAT majority (they’ve passed a lot of good 7-0 decisions like mandating conceal-carry be allowed statewide and declaring the parental notification law for minors seeking abortion is constitutional and must be implemented)
They should just argue to the Illinois SC that Lard Butt issuing indefinite lockdowns unilaterally by Executive Order is unconstitutional since the state constitution only grants him emergency powers for 30 days, and that window has long since expired. At the very least, the court would probably
hand down a ruling that Prizker’s May extension of the lockdown needs to be passed by the legislature to be legally binding. That would force every single RAT state legislator looking the other way and letting Pritzker rule as a dictator to go on record and cast an “AYE” vote on extending the unpopular lockdown thru May. They’d probably squirm in their seats if they had to do that.
Nice succinct post. Hit all the key points. Thanks.
waste of time
the police state is HERE
get used to it
When does Ralph get his?
Thank you, NOVA, for this a-hole that you have appointed as your leader. Idiots!
Now, go climb back into your hole, while I go to work.
“all citizens similarly situated” doesn’t apply to non-citizens or illegals. That means that they all need to stay home, perhaps forever. The governor only rules for non-citizens and illegals - his primary constituency.
I hope that a Cook Co. legislator will sue Gov. Pritzker. If that legislator wins, no Cook Co. resident can say that the ruling doesn’t apply to them. State Rep. Tom Morrison is the only conservative Cook Co. state legislator, as far as I know.
Another sane Illinois politician? Second one I read about today...
Such a lawsuit would end up here:
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/NewWebsite/Departments/District-Courthouses/District-3.aspx
Lard Butt would say Morrison's suit applies only to Palatine township and a suburban circuit court judge has no jurisdiction over the rest of Crook County, blah blah blah...
As I noted, just get the Illinois Supreme Court to hand down a decision. They're called the Supreme Court for a reason.
They revolted for a lot less.
Excellent.
L
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