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County clerk to federal judge: Pritzker stay home orders should be presumed unconstitutional, unenforceable
Macon County Clerk Josh Tanner, defending against a lawsuit over ballot access, said Pritzker exceeded his power in extending stay at home orders, so the orders should be considered illegal and void. -
Church challenges Pritzker's stay home order in court; Prizker revises order to allow small religious gatherings, drive-in services
The lawsuit asserts Pritzker's COVID-19 shutdown orders rest on 'shaky legal foundations,' violate constitutional protections for religion, speech, assembly and due process. -
Prosecutor's memo: Pritzker's stay home order may not survive scrutiny in court
A memo, obtained and published by Edgar County Watchdogs, reveals concerns by prosecutors over their ability to legally enforce Pritzker's COVID-19 emergency orders. -
High court upholds seizure of woman’s Harley; Karmeier dissent: ‘In the eyes of the law, she was guilty of nothing’
SPRINGFIELD – Police properly seized a three wheel Harley-Davidson vehicle from a woman who committed no crime, the Illinois Supreme Court decided on Feb. 16.