DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Naperville, Illinois Park District has filed suit against Governor Pritzker and much like other lawsuits across the state hitting court dockets, they focus on the limited powers given to the Governor in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. "However, none of the...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Letter to the Editor Legal Dubiousness of En Masse State Lock-Downs and “Shelter-in-Place” Orders as a Response to COVID-19 The constitutionality of the authoritarian lock-down and "shelter-in-place" orders occurrent in the United States, as local responses to COVID-19, will be an issue for some...
McHenry County (ECWd) - Jack Franks, McHenry County Board Chairman, held in indirect contempt of court and fined $100 per day until he answers questions in reference to the Illinois Integrity Fund. This article reposted with permission from McHenry County Blog: The court order to be signed by...
Illinois (ECWd) - Tom DeVore of Silverlake Law filed a Legal Brief in support of Darren Bailey's motion for Summary Judgement. Contained within that body of work are the key documents and case law we have written about in previous articles. We took the liberty of highlighting...
Illinois (ECWd) - Over the last week, we have been bombarded with all kinds of accusations and insinuations regarding Governor Pritzker and his financial ties to companies involved in medical testing issues for COVID-19, and that he has not disclosed them. Of all those sending us...
Illinois (ECWd) - It appears Illinois Governor Pritzker is in desperate need of new legal counsel as the hits keep coming and there appears to be no end to the door openings for lawyers to file discrimination lawsuits against the Governor. Many Salon operators may wish to...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The new Emergency Rule is below, dated May 18, 2020. This is the Rule everyone has been talking about the past couple of days. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Emergency-Rule.pdf" title="Emergency Rule"] . .Our work is funded entirely thru donations and we ask that you consider donating at the below link....
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - From Prairie State Wire: Three days after she broke the news that his family was spending his statewide lockdown at an equestrian estate in Wisconsin, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker revoked longtime Chicago reporter Amy Jacobson’s access to his daily press briefing, claiming she is...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - After Oregon Governor Kate Brown's Executive Order(s) on COVID-19 restrictions went past 28 days, the Governor must receive 3/5th majority of the Legislature to continue with those restrictions. For those reasons, an Oregon Judge declared their Governor's orders null and void. Governor Brown...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Motion for Summary Judgement against Governor Pritzker was filed today in Clay County. An additional brief is also being filed and we will update with a seperate article once we obtain a copy. While there are many legal positions outlined in the filing,...
