Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield, IL
EDGAR COUNTY – The Edgar County Watchdogs website lists several notable quotes in Sangamon County Judge Grischow's opinion issued last Friday evening, which granted a Temporary Restraining Order against Governor Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Public Health, and approximately 146 school districts.
Among the quotes is: "This type of evil is exactly what the law was intended to constrain."
Governor Pritzker's office filed an appeal to the Fourth District Appeal Court Monday morning.
Quotes from Judge Grischow's opinion include:
- "This type of evil is exactly what the law was intended to constrain."
- "All IDPH did was take away individual due process rights and pass the responsibilities of health care issues to another administrative agency."
- "Since 2014 and prior to the recent 2021 Emergency Rules, tests and vaccines were also considered a form of "modified quarantine" because they were a procedures "intended to limit disease transmission." Under the IDPH Act, individuals had the right to object to these procedures. If they objected, they were afforded due process of law. Likewise, "exclusion from school" was also a form of "modified quarantine" because it was considered a partial limitation on freedom of movement for those who may have been exposed to a contagious disease. At no time did the 2014 emergency amendments take away a person's due process rights."
- "Thus, absent a properly filed emergency rule from IDPH, the Governor's mandate is meaningless and ISBE's Emergency Rule exceeded its authority."
To review the rest of the Edgar County Watchdogs review of the TRO, see HERE.
