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Judge blocks NorthShore from firing workers seeking religious exemption from COVID vax mandate
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against NorthShore University Health System, preventing the hospital system from firing dozens of workers seeking religious exemptions under federal and state law from NorthShore's rule requiring them to get the COVID vaccine, or face termination. -
'Loud and furious debate': IL Right of Conscience lawsuits to test limits of COVID, vax mandate authority
NorthShore University Health System is just the latest in a mounting number of Illinois employers that should expect to be threatened with lawsuits under Illinois state law for denying religious exemptions to vaccine mandates. -
Appeals panel: Pritzker's COVID church service restrictions don't violate religious freedom rights
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Gov. JB Pritzker is free to shut down religious services, if he believes it will slow the spread of COVID-19 and he also closes theaters and stadiums. -
Appeals judges question Pritzker's ability to impose, lift COVID restrictions on churches at will, even if backed by 'data'
During oral arguments, three federal appeals judges in Chicago appeared to push the Illinois Attorney General to explain why Gov. JB Pritzker can use a sudden policy change to thwart legal challenges to his power to restrict religious gatherings. -
SCOTUS: Pritzker's about-face on restricting worship services allows him to sidestep hearing on COVID church rules
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied two Chicago area churches' reequest for an order declaring Pritzker to have violated the First Amendment in closing churches and limiting the size of in-person worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Pritzker says new COVID church 'guidelines' should thwart SCOTUS showdown; Churches say court should still rule
Attorneys for two Chicago area churches say they will press the U.S. Supreme Court to still declare Gov. JB Pritzker's limits on church worship services unconstitutionally 'trampled' religious freedoms. -
Churches ask SCOTUS to step in, block Pritzker's COVID orders prohibiting in-person church services
Saying they are threatened with "accelerating" enforcement actions against then, two Chicago area churches have petititoned the U.S. Supreme Court to block Gov. JB Pritzker's orders sharply limiting the size of in-person worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Churches: Pritzker's COVID worship service limits unconstitutionally single out churches among 'essential' activities
Two Chicago area churches asked a federal appeals court to toss out Gov. JB Pritzker's orders limiting the size of religious gatherings. -
Churches sue Pritzker, say governor's treatment of churches amid COVID-19 an unconstitutional 'sham'
The lawsuit asks for injunctions barring Gov. JB Pritzker from restricting worship services, because the governor's orders violate the Constitution.