Gatherings in Illinois

The Seventh Circuit upheld Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus-related ban on most gatherings of more than 50 people, finding the governor is entitled to “carve out some room for religion” while declining to do so for other activities because the “free exercise of religion enjoys express constitutional protection.”

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit upheld Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus-related ban on most gatherings of more than 50 people, finding the governor is entitled to “carve out some room for religion” while declining to do so for other activities because the “free exercise of religion enjoys express constitutional protection.”

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