The Trump administration's Department of Justice said that Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order was 'unsupported by state law' in a legal brief issued Friday.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a brief in support of a legal challenge seeking to strike down Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order intended to contain the spread of COVID-19.
"However well-intentioned they may be, the executive orders appear to reach far beyond the scope of the 30-day emergency authority granted to the Governor under Illinois law," Steven D. Weinhoeft, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, said in a press release."Even during times of crisis, executive actions undertaken in the name of public safety must be lawful."
The case was moved to federal court on Thursday, one day before Pritzker was ordered to respond to Bailey's motion for summary judgement in state court. "The Governor of Illinois owes it to the people of Illinois to allow his state's courts to adjudicate the question of whether Illinois law authorizes orders he issued to respond to COVID-19," said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband."The United States Constitution and state constitutions established a system of divided and limited governmental power, and they did so to secure the blessings of liberty to all people in our country.
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