Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Another unconstitutional bill that will get struck down almost immediately. It’s almost like these progressives hate the constitution and want to destroy it, and the country, with it. It’s a pattern here, over and over again, of legislators trying to pass laws knowing they are unconstitutional, but just not caring.
I don’t think non-citizens should be allowed to vote but I’m not sure it would be struck down as unconstitutional. Yes the Illinois constitution states that every US citizen over the age of 18 and a resident of the state has the right to vote but it doesn’t say ONLY US citizens have the right to vote. Would the court interpret that ONLY citizens can vote and the constitutional framers clearly wanted to exclude non-citizens? Possibly, but there is also a section that specifically calls out who is excluded from elections. The only people that are excluded are felons currently… Read more »