McHenry Co. State’s Atty fights to keep alive his lawsuit challenging IL ‘assault weapons’ ban – Cook County Record

Citing the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct which govern attorney ethics, Patrick Kenneally said in a response filed May 1 that his job as state’s attorney goes beyond just prosecuting crimes, but to also “seek justice” and act as a “minister of justice.” But he said the enactment of the law still places him and his fellow prosecutors in “an impossible ethical dilemma” of being compelled to either “ignore the passage of, or enforce, a law that is a clear violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.”