Illinois GOP Sue Over State’s Ten-Person Gathering Cap (1)

The Illinois Republican Party has filed a legal challenge to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s (D) order that limits in-person gatherings to 10 individuals during the course of the coronavirus pandemic, telling a federal court the cap unlawfully abridges their First Amendment rights.

“There simply is no substitute for the energy, enthusiasm, personal connections to a candidate, and media coverage generated by a rally, a bus tour, or a fly-around,” the party said in its complaint, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Executive Order 2020-38 already carves out the “free exercise of religion” by ...