As business groups and lawsuit reform advocates are urging Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a constitutionally questionable potential new law they say would allow Illinois courts to hear lawsuits from throughout the country, Illinois Republican state lawmakers have now asked the courts to prevent Pritzker from having the chance to make the legislation law.
On June 18, the state’s Republican legislative leaders, together with a group of other GOP state representatives and state senators, filed suit in Sangamon County Circuit Court in Springfield, seeking a court order declaring Illinois Democrats violated the state constitution when they hurriedly rammed the legislation through both houses of the General Assembly at the end of May.
“We are answering the call of job creators, good government watchdog groups, and most importantly, our constituents, to stand up for transparency and against this job-killing legislation,” House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, said in a prepared statement.
Her Republican counterpart in the state Senate, Sen. John Curran, R-Downers Grove, added: “This special interest proposal was passed by the Democratic Majority using a shady process that clearly violates the substance and spirit of the Illinois Constitution.
“I am calling on Gov. Pritzker to join us in standing up for Illinois taxpayers and promote economic investment in our state by vetoing this anti-business legislation.”
While the lawsuit was filed in county court, the actual intended audience for the legal action will be the Illinois Supreme Court, which is the only court in the country legally authorized to overturn a longstanding legal doctrine that has enable the legislative process increasingly used by Springfield’s Democratic governing supermajority to quickly pass controversial and problematic legislation, usually with minimal debate and no real opportunities for public response.
The lawsuit takes aim in this case at the passage of the legislation known as Senate Bill 328.
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Author: Faith Novak
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