Read the lawsuit we just filed against Mayor Lightfoot and Gov. Pritzker
Good news! We have just filed a new lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division against Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker. THANK YOU for all of your help and support!
We have filed this suit for the people of Illinois. Sadly, every other lawsuit has, so far, missed the mark. Lives are being destroyed. People are going bankrupt. If we succeed, Mayor Lightfoot and Gov. Pritzker will pay a price, in the form of legal damages, for the terrible harm they've caused to people's lives and liberties. That is why we must continue to fight.
This is the FIRST of many lawsuits we intend to file. We can also still add plaintiffs to the lawsuit that was just filed - however, we are trying to make sure Lightfoot and Pritzker cannot do what they've done in previous lawsuits - attempt to move the case to a FRIENDLIER jurisdiction.
The complaint outlines four counts against Mayor Lightfoot and Gov. Pritzker, including 1. That Lightfoot's acts violated the plaintiff's rights under the second, third, fourth, and fifth sections of the Illinois Constitution; 2. That Lightfoot violated the plaintiff's right to equal protection when she reopened Grant Park to Black Lives Matter protesters; 3.That Lightfoot's reopening plan restrictions exceed her authority and are void ab initio; and 4. That Pritzker's April and May disaster declarations and Executive Order 2020-38 exceed his authority and are void ab initio.
The complaint contends that Lightfoot's executive orders did not order a shut-down of Chicago or Chicago's Lakefront and that her emergency authority relies on Gov. Pritzker's executive orders, which are currently the subject of challenges in other lawsuits. The lawsuit also contends that Lightfoot had no authority to shut-down Chicago's Lakefront, beaches, adjacent parks, and Chicago's Riverwalk and, certainly, no authority to close and reopen them selectively in violation of the plaintiff's right to equal protection.
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