Sangamon County judge tosses decision voiding Pritzker's executive orders
Updated 12/23/2020 4:20 PM SPRINGFIELD -- In early July, a judge in downstate Clay County voided Gov. J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus restrictions in a sweeping order that he applied to the entire state, at the request of a downstate lawmaker who sued Pritzker over his response to the pandemic. More than six months later, Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow has essentially voided Judge Michael McHaney's July 2 order in the case of Rep. Darren Bailey, a Xenia Republican.
Pritzker's lawyers asked Grischow last month to "reconsider" the July 2 order from McHaney, who initially presided over Bailey's case before it was transferred to Sangamon County.