Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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Audio and summary linked here.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Apparently Judge Moreland is in charge of who does and who doesn’t have First Amendment rights. Probably unaware of FOIA as well!
The judge seems to be saying that the information might be confidential, so it should no be posted. At least until trial. Seems reasonable to me.
“Cook County Judge Kate Moreland granted a temporary restraining order Aug. 7 barring Pekau from publishing “future statements disclosing the village’s attorney-client privileged communications and confidential non-public information contained in village personnel files,” and ordered he remove any publications of such information.”
Of course one could argue that all information held by a unit of government should be public, but I don’t think that’s the way the law works.
Exactly. This requires the reader to understand the nuance of the law instead of just shouting “first amendment”. The average reader doesn’t bother to understand how these decisions are made.
Censorship. Unconstitutional. Tyrants gotta tyrannize.