James McQuaid is a Staff Attorney at the Liberty Justice Center. He litigates cases involving the Freedom of Information Act, economic liberty or constitutional rights.
James joined LJC in 2015, after graduating from the University of Notre Dame Law School earlier that year. He had previously interned for both LJC and its partner organization, the Illinois Policy Institute.
James is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Illinois.
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The following article by Jonathan Bilyk appeared March 2, 2022 on cookcountyrecord.com. A west suburban school district has been accused of violating Illinois’ open meetings law in the past few years, allegedly failing at times to post required records from the meeting, and failing at times to notify the public that a meeting was being
Read more...The suit alleges that while “voting is a fundamental, constitutional right that is central to our democracy,” Pritzker “violated this right by signing into law a partisan voting scheme that is designed to harvest Democratic ballots, dilute Republican ballots, and, if the election still doesn’t turn out the way he wants it, to generate enough Democratic ballots after election day to sway the result.”
Read more...“More than any other state in the nation, Illinois has a track record of both corruption and incompetence – and its residents have no reason to believe that the government can conduct an honest and accurate vote-by-mail in the upcoming election,” Sean Morrison, chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, said in a statement.
Read more...The Cook County Republican Party has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois’ new vote-by-mail program, arguing that the validity of election results will be in doubt if this program moves forward.
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