Thomas DeVore, an attorney with at least 12 cases pending against the state of Illinois, says he will halt proceedings in each of them if the General Assembly meets in Springfield to address Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ongoing management of the novel coronavirus. In an open letter sent to the four legislative leaders Wednesday, he wrote residents are “growing weary” of continued restrictions.
Thomas DeVore, an attorney with at least 12 cases pending against the state of Illinois, says he will halt proceedings in each of them if the General Assembly meets in Springfield to address Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ongoing management of the novel coronavirus. In an open letter sent to the four legislative leaders Wednesday, he wrote residents are “growing weary” of continued restrictions.
SPRINGFIELD — The attorney challenging aspects of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s COVID-19 response said Wednesday he would halt the progress of his “dozen or so” lawsuits if legislators return to Springfield.
At the heart of Thomas DeVore’s many cases in several Illinois counties is the question of whether an Illinois governor is constitutionally and legally authorized to exercise unilateral control over the management of a disaster, such as the public health emergency posed by the novel coronavirus.
