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Illinois Republican Party, et al. v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 20-2175 · judgment September 3, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In Reed v. Town of Gilbert, this Court clarified that content-based restrictions are those that apply to particular speech because of the topic discussed or the idea or message expressed, and reaffirmed that content-based restrictions on speech receive strict scrutiny review. The Governor of Illinois permits religious speakers to speak and gather in groups larger than fifty, but formally bans similarly situated political speakers from doing so. Does this preference for speakers of religious content over speakers of political content survive strict scrutiny?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Robert Suhr
Center for American Rights
For respondent
Frank Henry Bieszczat
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 29 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Mar 10 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
- Mar 03 2021Waiver of right of respondent J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois to respond filed.
- Jan 29 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2021)