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Brazen election interference: Pritzker, IL Dems blatantly rewrite law to favor Dems in November
Illinois Democrats retroactively changed the law to knock out Republican challengers. Surely, lawsuits must follow. -
Suppose they held an election and nobody showed up? In Illinois, we’re getting there
Turnout in the 2024 primary election reveals a state in which a large and growing number of Illinois voters believe their vote doesn't matter, says Wirepoints -
The biggest, new reporting law for business that you probably never heard of is ripe for political abuse
Under a new federal law, all businesses, of all sizes, must now reveal their ownership to the federal government. Should they be worried? Maybe, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Gov. JB Pritzker’s new assault on free speech
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he believes the state has the power to "prosecute people" for speech about abortion, if the state of Illinois determines that otherwise constitutionally-protected speech is "deceptive." -
Response by Illinois progressives to Friday’s Supreme Court rulings was shameful, irresponsible, dishonest
Gov. JB Pritzker and other prominent Illinois Democrats lined up to blast the U.S. Supreme Court for three recent decisions. They may rue those statements in coming years, warns Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Illinois’ new ban on book bans is an empty and hypocritical stunt
The so-called ban on book bans, hailed by Gov. JB Pritzker and other Illinois Democrats, is likely unconstitutional bunk, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Illinois bill would criminalize routine discipline as 'parental bullying'
While the bill likely will go nowhere, it’s unfathomable that it could even be proposed: In the relevant part, a bill now pending in the Illinois legislature would criminalize, as “parental bullying,” any parent who knowingly, with intent to discipline or alter the behavior of a child, says or messages anything that would coerce the child. -
Pritzker's contemptuous answer to a reasonable question on judicial recusal
Should judges who received a million dollars each from Gov. JB Pritzker for their campaigns recuse themselves from decisions on the constitutionality of two of his pet pieces of legislation — the SAFE-T Act and the assault weapons ban? -
Smile, Clarence Thomas: Lightfoot’s Chicago wants courts to restrict bodily autonomy rights by extending Dobbs decision
Despite excoriating the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v Wade, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city attorneys are seeking to use that decision to defeat a challenge to the city's Covid vaccine mandate by arguing the Dobbs decision goes further than SCOTUS intended, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Casten’s proposal to strip SCOTUS of constitutional review authority is ‘crackpot,’ universally ridiculed idea
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has proposed rewriting the U.S. Constitution to essentially make it all but impossible for courts to strike down laws that violate the U.S. Constitution and citizens' rights, writes Mark Glennon, of WirePoints -
A responsible Illinois General Assembly would be adopting rules similar to the new U.S. House rules
No Illinoisans other than those now in charge in Springfield would object to rules requiring three days to read bills before they can be voted on, writes Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Long list of what's to blame for Illinois' failure to attract EV, battery makers. 'Workers' rights' amendment won't help
Gov. JB Pritzker says Illinois will be a major hub of electric vehicle and battery manufacturing. Actual choices by manufacturers, who are actively bringing new factories and thousands of jobs largely to Right-to-Work states, paints a different picture, Wirepoints says -
Supporters of Illinois’ Truth in Politics Act, and their like, deserve contempt and ridicule
Under a bill introduced by Democratic State Rep. Denise Wang Stoneback, of Skokie, the so-called Truth in Politics Act could criminalize a broad range of blatantly political speech, if the government decides it is "misinformation" -
Chicago's progressive agenda has been destructive for black communities
Politico says the Chicago mayor’s race highlights the importance of the “progressive” agenda for Chicago and the focus will be on crime. There are grumbles that incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot isn’t “progressive” enough. But the urban progressive agenda under her – with its emphasis on “social justice,” managed outcomes, and performative politics – has hardened the city’s horrible results for blacks around crime and K-12 public education. -
Crazy IL Supreme Court ruling gives glimpse to how SAFE-T Act may be applied in the future, even to the past
The ruling is only "a taste of what's to come," Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints, writes. "Courts will have to give meaning to countless items in the 700-page SAFE-T Act and we can expect it to be ... in favor of defendants." -
$535 billion out, $25 billion lost: The impact of Illinois' lost taxpayers
Illinois' continued outmigration over the past two decades has cost the state at least $25 billion in lost income and sales taxes, an analysis from Wirepoints has found -
Epic unemployment insurance fraud during pandemic is still being stonewalled by state of Illinois
The state may have paid out well more than $6 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits during the Covid pandemic. But Gov. JB Pritzker's Illinois Department of Employment Security isn't letting anyone find out for sure, even while other states are far more transparent, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Two ‘compelled speech’ matters beg for litigation in Illinois
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Democrats who control Illinois' state government and state institutions are all but asking for court challenges to two policies, requiring University of Illinois academics to prove they are working for "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion," and requiring gas stations and grocery stores to tell Illinoisans that the state temporarily suspended certain tax hikes -
Students smack down Chicago 'Disinformation' Conference panelists, exposing far more than apparent about media
Traditional media beclowned itself last week at a Chicago conference on “disinformation.” That’s a story in itself, but the bigger story is how they covered up even that story, peddling disinformation about a conference on disinformation. The guilty include Illinois media, which is further guilty of still suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story that is part of what sparked the fireworks at the conference. -
More transparency needed for criminal courts judges in Illinois
The time has come for the general public to easily access information about court cases online, so judges can be adequately evaluated by voters and held accountable for their actions, says Matt Rosenberg, of Wirepoints.