On Friday, an Illinois judge put a halt to Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s state-wide school mask mandates implemented for coronavirus mitigation.
Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow ruled that Pritzker’s mandate was “null and void” in response to a lawsuit by hundreds of parents from more than 145 school districts, NBC Chicago reported.
Judge Grischow appeared to agree with parents who claimed that the mask mandates denied the students’ due process.
“Statutory rights have attempted to be bypassed through the issuance of executive orders and emergency rules,” Judge Grischow said in her order. “This type of evil is exactly what the law was intended to constrain.”
The order temporarily restrains school districts from requiring kids to wear masks. But it is not exactly clear if the order pertains to all Illinois schools or just the schools…
