Republicans ask court to find Illinois’ budget violated three readings rule – Center Square

They filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County Circuit Court laying out how the final language of the 3,300 page budget bill was filed with just 30 hours before the legislature was set to adjourn. “The Defendants have engaged in repeated abuses of the Three Readings Rule of the Illinois Constitution … in certifying numerous bills which includes but is not limited to” the state’s gun ban, the SAFE-T Act which ended cash bail statewide, and several fiscal year budgets, the lawsuit said.
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Bear19
10 months ago

Good luck the bought and paid for courts by pritzker will make sure everything goes his way, screw the taxpayers and those awful gun owners ! Illegals and thugs free pass, anything you need. Politicians need a raise- absolutely

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