Prairie State Wire

We Are the People Illinois has issued the following press release:

On Sept. 17, a small group of concerned Illinois citizens led by Jim Stern filed a petition of writ of mandamus in the Illinois Supreme Court against the Gov. J.B. Pritzker to halt the medical mandates that he is forcing on the people of State of Illinois.

This small group of citizens were tired of living with unconstitutional mandates of wearing masks, requirements of vaccination to work or enjoy their lives in Illinois.

They included many affidavits from residents who have been refused service, or threats to their employment, even forcing their children to wear mask in schools.

Exerts from the filing shows their concerns over many areas that the governor has forced mandates onto the people and business' of Illinois.

Plaintiffs have standing to assert this petition for writ of mandamus 

1. Standing in the State of Illinois requires 'some injury in fact to a legally cognizable interest.'" Knox v. Chicago Transit Authority, 2018 IL App (1st) 162265, ¶ 20, 423 Ill. Dec. 402, 105 N.E.3d 810 (quoting Greer v. Illinois Housing Development Authority, 122 Ill. 2d 462, 492, 524 N.E.2d 561, 120 Ill. Dec. 531 (1988)). "The doctrine of standing ensures that issues are raised only by those parties who have a sufficient stake in the outcome of the controversy." Matthews v. Chicago Transit Authority, 2016 IL 117638, ¶ 39, 402 Ill. Dec. 1, 51 N.E.3d 753 (citing Glisson v. City of Marion, 188 Ill. 2d 211, 221, 720 N.E.2d 2 1034, 242 Ill. Dec. 79 (1999)). Herbst v. City of Chi., 2021 IL App (1st) 200725- U, ¶ 17 

2. Plaintiffs have been directly impacted for the past 18 months by the governor’s failure to dutifully execute the laws and Constitution of the State of Illinois. 

3. Plaintiffs have been denied service and numerous private and public institutions for their refusal to consent to the use of a medical device. 

4. Plaintiffs have been threatened and coerced by their employers to partake in the use of a medical device as a condition of employment. 

5. Plaintiffs have been threatened and coerced by their employers to subject themselves to COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their continued employment. 

6. Plaintiffs’ minor children have been forced to use medical devices, which obstruct their primary airways, as a condition of their enrollment in both private and public education. 

7. Plaintiffs’ minor children have been forced to use medical devices, which obstruct their primary airways, as a condition of participation in school-related sports and recreational activities. 

8. Plaintiffs and their minor children have suffered severe emotional and physical distress through instances in which they were forced to comply with using a medical device that obstructed their primary airways.  

9. Plaintiffs have suffered severe emotional and psychological distress due to their employers, both private and public, requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their continued employment. 

10. Plaintiffs' physical, emotional, and psychological harm are the direct result of the actions and inaction of the governor to dutifully execute the laws of the State of Illinois. 

11.This court has the authority to compel the governor, by writ of mandamus, to cease the mandated use of medical devices, testing, and treatment as a condition of participation, enrollment, employment, or entry at any private or public institution in the State of Illinois, as these mandates are contrary to state law. See 745 ILCS 70/1 et. seq. 

12. This court has the authority to compel the governor, by writ of mandamus, to require both public and private institutions to cease required medical devices, testing, treatment, and vaccination as a condition of participation, enrollment, employment, or entry at any private or public institution in the State of Illinois, as these actions by public and private actors are in direct violation of state law. See 745 ILCS 70/1 et. seq.

As you can see the small group of citizens complaints represent most of the concerns of many people in Illinois.

What will the Supreme Court do, is the question now.

For further information please visit the groups website at HTTPs://wearethepeopleillinois.com