Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber sues Pritzker over shutdown in Madison County
Posted by Riverbender on May 26, 2020, 6:47 pm
Who would have thought a case would be brought up against a Democrat politician in Madison County?
EDWARDSVILLE – Hundreds of businesses acting through Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce challenged Governor JB Pritzker’s power to shut them down on May 22.
Chamber president Desiree Bennyhoff sued in circuit court for a declaration that Pritzker’s emergency order exceeds his authority.
Chamber counsel Thomas DeVore of Greenville argues that Pritzker’s powers under state emergency management law expired after 30 days.
The lawsuit seeks an order finding Pritzker’s extension orders null and void.
“The Chamber has a right to insist Pritzker not engage in a fiction designed to circumvent express limitations on his authority imposed by the legislature,” DeVore wrote.
The suit also challenges Pritzker’s assertion of authority under Illinois public health law, arguing that Pritzker doesn’t follow that law either.
DeVore also arepresents state Rep. Darren Bailey in a liberty suit that Pritzker removed from Clay County circuit court to U.S. district court.
What do you think the odds are GC will piggyback?The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. -Thomas Jefferson
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