State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Ill.)
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Springfield judge guts S. IL judge's order blocking Pritzker's COVID shutdown orders
The ruling undoes a court win secured by State Rep. Darren Bailey in his legal challenge against Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers in the name of fighting COVID-19. -
Geneva restaurant lawyers: Appeals court judges OKing Pritzker's powers 'play politics,' now appealing to IL Supreme Court
Lawyers for FoxFire restaurant in suburban Geneva say they'll ask the Illinois Supreme Court to answer the question of whether Gov. JB Pritzker can continue governing by executive orders for as long as he deems necessary. -
Springfield judge dismisses six lawsuits challenging Pritzker's powers to declare statewide COVID health emergency
A Springfield judge - elected as a Republican - dismissed a collection lawsuits that had been filed by one attorney in six downstate counties in July. She said they were short on facts to support their theories. -
IL Supreme Court: No contempt hearing for Pritzker over COVID orders; Bailey lawsuit transferred to Springfield judge
The Illinois Supreme Court has slapped a hold on an order from a southern Illinois judge, which would have required Gov. JB Pritzker to come to court to argue why he shouldn't be held in contempt for continuing to issue COVID-related orders after that judge ruled he could not. -
State Rep. Bailey asks southern IL judge to hold Pritzker in contempt for continuing to issue COVID orders
Southern Illinois state lawmaker Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, has petitioned a judge in Clay County to hold Gov. JB Pritzker in indirect civil contempt for continuing to issue COVID-19-related emergency orders even after the judge ruled Pritzker couldn't do so. -
New lawsuits assert IL COVID disaster not widespread enough to justify further emergency declarations from Pritzker
Attorney Tom DeVore, who has led many legal challenges against Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers in response to COVID-19, has filed several more asserting the COVID pandemic doesn't qualify as a "public health emergency" under state law. -
IL A/G: Pritzker needs clean 'final' ruling from S. IL judge to appeal decision against his COVID emergency powers
Gov. JB Pritzker has asked a Clay County judge to essentially clean up a loose end to let him appeal a ruling that otherwise struck down Pritzker's emergency powers to combat COVID-19. -
Southern IL judge rules Pritzker overstepped bounds in imposing COVID orders
The ruling hands a win to State Rep. Darrent Bailey, R-Xenia, in his challenge asserting state law does not give Gov. JB Pritzker the power to continue issuing emergency executive orders without authorization from Illinois lawmakers. -
Pritzker: Rep. Bailey's challenge of guv's COVID power belongs in federal court, despite DOJ opinion otherwise
Gov. JB Pritzker's reply to filings by State Rep. Darren Bailey and the U.S. Justice Department opposing him does not address accusations the governor is "forum shopping" in the dispute over whether the case belongs in federal or southern Illinois county court. -
Clay County judge grants restraining order, again, vs Pritzker's stay home order
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney has weighed in again on Gov. JB Pritzker's use of executive power during the COVID-19 crisis, granting another temporary restraining order against Pritzker, this time to a southern Illinois tanning salon owner. -
Pritzker seeks to transfer Bailey COVID orders challenge to Springfield; Bailey: Governor is 'forum shopping'
Attorneys for State Rep. Darren Bailey objected to Gov. JB Pritzker's try to transfer Bailey's lawsuit challenging the governor's COVID emergency powers to Springfield court, from Bailey's home county in southern Illinois. -
Bailey renews suit vs Pritzker, says Attorney General has ignored prior opinion on limits of guv's COVID powers
State Rep. Darren Bailey says a recently unearthed 2001 opinion from former Attorney General Jim Ryan "lays bare" the governor's emergency powers "overreach." -
IL Supreme Court nixes Pritzker bid for order to end legal challenges to emergency powers
The Supreme Court's decision comes after Pritzker secured a win vs legal challenge in Cook County court -
State Rep. Bailey: IL Supreme Court should reject Pritzker's request for rule ending legal challenges to his COVID orders
Ill. State Rep. Darren Bailey has objected to Gov. JB Prtizker's attempt to use the Illinois Supreme Court to end his lawsuit and other challenges to the governor's claim to emergency powers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Pritzker pushes Supreme Court for order authorizing his stay home order, other COVID-19 rules
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state's high court should ignore State Rep. Darren Bailey's attempt to "manipulate" the court, and issue an order explicitly stating the governor can exercise nearly open-ended emergency power during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
'Full steam ahead': Bailey says continuing legal action vs Pritzker COVID stay home order, emergency powers
Southern Illinois state lawmaker Darren Bailey has pledged to continue his legal pursuit of a court order ending Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay at home order, which Bailey and others have argued is illegal and unconstitutional. -
IL A/G: Pritzker has power to declare 30-day emergencies as long as he believes emergency exists
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, through the Illinois Attorney General's Office, has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn a Southern Illinois judge's ruling denting his COVID emergency powers -
Pritzker to face yet another lawsuit over stay home order, this time to apply to entire state
Pritzker is appealing a Clay County judge's restraining order in lawsuit filed by a southern Illinois State Rep. But another, broader challenge is coming in Winnebago County, a different state lawmaker says.