Upholder

It makes an exception to the parking lot exception for polling places. Note the bolded language

I will note that I had to create a new account at ilga.gov -- It refused to recognize my previous account and allowed me to create a new one with the same email address I had previously used.

Which would, in their eyes, be a feature and not a bug. You must have insurance. Nobody offers insurance. It's a wonderful catch, that Catch-22.

That does imply that they are not going to take any more cases for this term. From a scheduling standpoint, it implies any cases taken 2/20 or later will be heard next term.

I will never complain that they didn't work harder to create problems for the people of Illinois.

Brown vs Board of Education took 10 years to truly be recognized. We haven't yet hit the 3rd anniversary of Bruen.

SCOTUS has requested a response to the cert petition. It is due Jan 16th.

On November 25th, the Department of Justice asked for 10 minutes to participate in the oral arguments

On November 24, the US Department of Justice filed an Amici brief supporting the plaintiffs and the Second Amendment

SCOTUS Cert denied

The house and the senate did approve a funding package for public transportation at about 2am and 4am respectively: https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmakers-approve-1-5b-transit-funding-package-without-statewide-tax-increases/ Summary: Interest from the Road Fund will be redirected to public transportation Sales tax on motor fuel purchases will be redirected to public transportation Tolls on the tollways will be assessed a $0.45 per toll surcharge (with automatic inflation increases yearly) The existing Regional Transportation Authority sales tax in effect in and around Chicago will be increased 0.25% The historic requirement of 50% of the revenue for the system to come from riders has been reduced to 25%

Can't get blood from a stone. The state isn't giving you any money back.

Today, October 29, Cook County filed their Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari. It has not yet been posted to the docket.

Almost. The 5th Circuit ruled that the law was facially unconstitutional and directed the district court to enter a judgement to that effect. The district court is claiming that they no longer have the authority for a broader permanent injunction. The district court is conflating SCOTUS rulings about universal temporary and preliminary injunctions with their authority as it relates to permanent injunctions. As Euler said, the district judge that was overruled is being pissy and is (IMHO) likely to get a spanking by the 5th circuit.