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Illinois Republican Party Sues Dem Governor Pritzker Over Right to Assemble During Coronavirus Lockdowns
(Fox News)—The Illinois Republican Party, along with other GOP groups, has filed a lawsuit over its right to assemble as a political group during the coronavirus pandemic, one week after Gov. J.B. Pritzker marched alongside protesters to fight police brutality. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court late Monday, claimed...
Illinois Republican Party Sues Pritzker for Right to Hold In-Person Meetings with 10 or More People
(WGN News)—The Illinois Republican Party and three local party committees sued Gov. Pritzker over his executive order banning group gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Gov. Pritzker has allowed groups he favors to gather and protest without consequence, other political activities are halted. Daniel Suhr, senior associate attorney at Liberty...
GOP Sues Pritzker Seeking Exemption From 10-Person Limit
(Associated Press)—Illinois’ Democratic governor was sued Monday by the state’s Republican Party, which is seeking exemption from the 10-person limit on public gatherings. The Chicago Tribune reports the GOP contends in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s limit on in-person gatherings to battle...
U.S. Supreme Court Schedules Conference in Followup to Landmark Janus Case
(The Center Square)—The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled for conference a case that could determine whether public employees will be refunded hundreds of millions of dollars in union dues taken out of their paychecks against their will. At the conference, scheduled for June 18, justices could discuss whether to schedule...
‘Principle of It’: Mark Janus Fights to Get Union Dues Back After Supreme Court Win
(The Washington Times)—Mark Janus’ name is now enshrined in the annals of American law as the Supreme Court plaintiff who took on and beat public-sector unions. He wants to do it again. The 2018 ruling known simply as Janus freed nonunion public employees from being forced to pay union dues,...
Salem Media Files Lawsuit Against Illinois Governor for Barring Radio Host from COVID Press Briefings
(Townhall)—A Chicago radio station filed a lawsuit this morning against Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker after his administration banned one of its on-air hosts from attending state-level Coronavirus press briefings. Veteran journalist Amy Jacobson co-hosts the morning show on AM 560 ‘The Answer,’ which is owned by Townhall Media’s parent...
Reporter Sues Pritzker in Federal Court to Gain Access to News Briefings
(The Center Square)—A Chicago-area broadcaster and the company she works for have filed a lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker in federal court over he exclusion from news briefings after the reporter spoke at a protest in Chicago in May. Salem Media and AM 560 broadcaster Amy Jacobson filed a lawsuit...
Feder: WIND’s Amy Jacobson Suing Pritzker Over Ban From Media Briefings
(The Daily Herald)—Governor J.B. Pritzker may have ended his daily media briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, but Chicago radio talk show host Amy Jacobson isn’t giving up her fight with him, Robert Feder writes. Now she says she’s taking the governor to court. Jacobson, who co-hosts mornings with Dan Proft...
South Suburban College Public Safety Workers Who Opted Out of Union Sue for Past Dues, Right to Bargain Independently
(The Chicago Tribune)—Five public safety workers at South Suburban College argue in a lawsuit filed this month that the college deducted union dues from their paychecks without their “affirmative consent,” in violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and freedom of association. The employees, who all had signed...
It’s On: Salem Sues Pritzker For Banning Radio Host That Broke Story On Pritzker Family’s Travels
(Hot Air)—Just who decides whether a reporter is “legitimate”? That question goes to the heart of a lawsuit filed by Salem Media Group, parent company of Townhall Media Group (and this website), against Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker. Amy Jacobson, a radio host and reporter for Salem’s Chicago affiliate, had...
Tennessee Asks State Supreme Court to Take Over School Voucher Case in Race to Launch this Year
(Chalkbeat)—The state attorney general on Thursday asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to step in and lift orders by two lower courts that prevent the state from moving forward with its education savings account program. The state filed several motions in its race to launch the controversial voucher program for the...
Tennessee Voucher Program Continues to be Blocked
(Associated Press)—Tennessee won’t be able to implement a contentious school voucher program while the state continues to fight back constitutional challenges over the law that would allow parents to use public tax dollars on private school tuition, according to a ruling issued Tuesday. The latest decision from the Tennessee Court...
Wisconsin Governor Urges Social Distancing After Court Blocks Statewide Lockdown
(Wall Street Journal)—Local governments across Wisconsin moved to implement new public health guidelines Thursday after the state’s highest court overturned a statewide stay-at-home order, prompting the governor to warn of “massive confusion.” — “This case and increasingly other cases are showing courts’ willingness to question executive claims of authority during...
Two New Class Action Lawsuits in Minnesota Seek Nearly $19 Million in Returned Union Fees
(National Right to Work Foundation)—Today, six Minnesota state employees sued two of the state’s largest government unions for an estimated recovery of $19 million in union fees paid by state and local employees. The two class action lawsuits claim that because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it is illegal to...
Public Employees Sue Unions for $19 Million in Post-Janus Case
(The Center Square)—Two of Minnesota’s public sector unions received notice Monday they were being sued by employees in a class action alleging they were forced to unconstitutionally pay membership dues. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 5 and Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) are...