Judge Franklin Valderrama wrote in his March 24 order, “While Plaintiffs … attempt to cloak their dispute as one involving the Takings Clause and Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, once stripped of this garb, it is clear that what Plaintiffs really seek is to recoup from the State of Illinois money they allegedly lost due to (Pritzker’s) Executive Orders.”
The idea of a Governor shutting down businesses and causing their owners harm over he declaring a ‘Pandemic’ w/o criteria or oversight or redress sems unconstitutional.
debtsor
5 years ago
Judge Franklin Valderrama is correct, unfortunately. Interestingly enough, when he was appointed a federal judge a few months ago, he was the only ‘D’ judge appointed on a slate of four judges in the northern District, and the other three were Trump R nominees.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Property rights? What property rights?
The idea of a Governor shutting down businesses and causing their owners harm over he declaring a ‘Pandemic’ w/o criteria or oversight or redress sems unconstitutional.
Judge Franklin Valderrama is correct, unfortunately. Interestingly enough, when he was appointed a federal judge a few months ago, he was the only ‘D’ judge appointed on a slate of four judges in the northern District, and the other three were Trump R nominees.