COVID-19 emergencies linger throughout U.S. 30 months into pandemic – Center Square

More than two-and-half years later, Illinois is one of at least 12 states still under a state-of-emergency due to the pandemic. The Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project warned in a 2021 report on potential abuses of power with emergency orders, “If an ambitious executive sees an opportunity in an emergency to achieve signature accomplishments that would otherwise remain stubbornly out of reach owing to political realities, it will be too late to foil this ambition once the declaration is made.”