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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Two Chicago area churches asked a federal appeals court to toss out Gov. JB Pritzker's orders limiting the size of religious gatherings.
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The lawsuit asks for injunctions barring Gov. JB Pritzker from restricting worship services, because the governor's orders violate the Constitution.
