Clay Co. Illinois (ECWd) - This morning we published this article which exposed the misinformation being pushed by Representative Pappas regarding the Darren Bailey court victory last week in Clay County. Pappas believes the court's ruling only applies to Clay County. While she did admit she...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The day after losing in Clay County, which invalidated all of his Executive Orders dealing with COVID-19 that were issued after April 8, 2020, Governor Pritzker posted a threat in a Facebook post, and sent two memorandums to local leaders giving them...
Illinois (ECWd) - What does yesterday's Court Order mean? In short, the rule of law prevails. Yesterday's ruling from the Circuit Court in Clay County has created a flurry of misinformation across the state, from the Governor's own people misrepresenting the facts of the law, to social...
Clay County, IL (ECWd) - Current Illinois law provides that the Governor has broad powers during the first thirty (30) days of a disaster and the Illinois Department of Public health and local county health departments have supreme authority as it relates to a pandemic. However,...
Clay Co. IL. (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker lost his delay tactic yesterday in the Darren Bailey case when he tried to have the Darren Bailey lawsuit against him removed from the state court and placed in the federal court. The federal court took 2 weeks to...
Peoria Co. (ECWd) - The Peoria County Public Health Department is the recipient of a Cease & Desist letter from Tom DeVore, the attorney that has become known statewide for standing up to ongoing harassment and intimidation tactics from State Agencies and Public Health Departments. On March...
Illinois (ECWd) - One of the well-established foundations in our Country is our First Amendment, which includes freedom of the press. As most of the state is aware, Governor Pritzker banned Amy Jacobson’s access to his daily press briefing, claiming she is not an “impartial journalist.” In...
Illinois (ECWd) - As predicted, the Governor, in its introduction of the response sent to the United States Supreme Court, stated the Emergency Order was to expire on May 29, and after that date "religious gatherings will no longer be subject to mandatory restrictions." See our article...
Illinois (ECWd) - We first exposed a May 20, 2020 letter from Attorney General Raoul to Senate President Harmon in this article. The request to the AG from Senate President Harmon was pretty simple. Did a prior Attorney General opinion consider all the legislative history of...
Illinois (ECWd) - After Governor Pritzker removed the Bailey v Pritzker case to federal court, and later objected to the Motion to Expedite, Rep Darren Bailey filed his Reply to Objection to Motion to Expedite, and also filed his Ex A: Supplemental Emergency Motion. There is a...
