Judge issues restraining order to stop Chicago police union boss from discouraging members to comply with city vaccine mandate

MSN ^ | 10-15-21 | Alice Yin

[frank ballenger]

Making a statement, as in “freedom of speech?”

Except for provable slander or libel, we USED to have freedom of speech in pre-Biden America.

[coloradan]

How is this not a blatant violation of the First Amendment?

[Lurker]

Tell the Judge to KMA. Dare her to do anything about it.

L

[qam1]

Maybe Democrats will re-evaluate their support of public employee unions?

Maybe public employee unions (especially police & fire) should re-evaluate their support of Democrats

[simpson96]

Lightfoot thinks the “I am woman, hear me roar” digging in her heels and being an autocrat route, is going to work. She is going to end up a basket case.

[Truth29]

This is one small front in the war for freedom. The judge needs to experience what can happen to those who champion dictatorship.

[Steely Tom]

Tell the Judge to KMA. Dare her to do anything about it.

She can call the cops on him!

[Steely Tom]

Lightfoot thinks the “I am woman, hear me roar” digging in her heels and being an autocrat route, is going to work. She is going to end up a basket case.

She's a wise grootina.

[simpson96]

"LAGBAC is one of the largest and most well-respected LGBTQ+ bar organizations in the country. Its members include lawyers, judges and other elected officials, law students, and other legal professionals."

[EastTexasTraveler]

“Maybe Democrats will re-evaluate their support of public employee unions?”

Maybe the employees will re-evaluate their support of DemonRats.

[JoSixChip]

Apparently the judges have unlimited power now. If it were me, I would go out and mock this judge publicly by violating her dictate and dare them to have him arrested. This is a direct violation of his 1st amendment rights. No judge can do that. What’s next, order him to change his opinion?

[kiryandil]

Registered Democrat Party stooge-judge Cecilia Horan (Democratic Party) is a joodge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She was first appointed by Democrat stooge-judges on the Illinois Supreme Stooge Court. Her current term ends on December 2, 2024.

Horan (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for joodge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She won in the general "election" on November 6, 2018.

[kiryandil]

So she’s an LGBTQ stooge, too.

[Ron H.]

Now I’d call a closed door meeting, and tell every single cop to call out sick.

That's considered an illegal work stoppage and would get the union sanctioned heavily.

[Ron H.]

No authority, ignore him.

It isn't unheard of for a judge to knowingly issue an order they know full well cannot be enforced but they also know that it takes time and money for lawyers to file appeals out the wazoo to find that fact out.

[enduserindy]

I would make a statement every morning, silence for 60 seconds. This news story is as powerful as anything he could say.

[Ron H.]

This judge is a prime example of why tar and feathers were invented.

[unread]

"A judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Chicago police union president, prohibiting him from making public statements that encourage members not to report their COVID-19 vaccine status to the city."

So, anything a judge says is against the law, is against law.?? How does that work.?

[Overtaxed]

Judge needs to sleep with the fishes.

[freeandfreezing]

not to do what union chiefs do... order work slowdowns

It is actually more ridiculous than that. The union president never called for any job action. He just pointed out that if the city puts the unvaccinated police officers on no-pay status then there would be a shortage of police working. The city is threatening a lock-out of union police officers unless they disclose their vaccination status.

That's a lock-out by management if the city decides to stop paying union employees who decline to provide that information, not a strike or slowdown by the police.