Downstate judge finds in favor of parents who object to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate

[ChicagoRonin]

As the parent of a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) elementary school student this makes me absolutely crazy.
Damn those ignorant downstaters. Plus, I'm sure this is just a taste of the culture war-based nuttiness that will characterize the upcoming election season.

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Hundreds of students at Chicago Public Schools and at scores of districts across the state may be freed from wearing a mask in the classroom, with an Illinois judge ruling Friday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mandate was authorized illegally.

Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow on Friday granted a request from downstate attorney Tom DeVore to temporarily halt the governor’s executive orders on masking and quarantining for schools, finding that the measures are beyond the governor’s authority and deprive students of due process.

“This court acknowledges the tragic toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken, not only on this State, but throughout the nation and globe,” Grischow wrote in the decision. “Nonetheless, it is the duty of the Courts to preserve the rule of law and ensure that all branches of government act within the boundaries of the authority granted under the Constitution.”

Pritzker issued a statement late Friday saying he asked the attorney general’s office for an immediate appeal of the decision.

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[LoisB]

1. Why do these parents hate their kids? One would think they would support any measure that helps to

keep them safe?

[Irish_Dem]

2. The safety of their children is not important to the parents.

The parents don't care in the least if their children die of Covid, become very ill, or get murdered by gun violence.

[LoisB]

3. It sure seems that way. It's as if the parents' "freedumbs" are more important than the safety

and health of their children.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Humans are usually hard wired to ensure the survival of the species.

Parents are wired to make sure their children survive to adulthood.

Usually group leaders are wired to keep their supporters alive, there is a desire to maintain the tribal group. Or politicians will keep their voting base alive.

The GOP not caring at all about the lives of their children and their voters is odd.

But there are case where humans will rigidly hang onto a value mandate to the point of letting the children and tribe be killed.

[iemanja]

6. Like ignoring climate change

which is headed to the destruction of our species.

[LoisB]

9. Yes! No matter how many "super storms" we go through. I shudder every time I read about

another glacier melting.

[Irish_Dem]

11. The oligarchs are certain they can buy their way out of climate change.

That is why they are refusing to spend any money for prevention.

They will just let people suffer the devastating effects and make the people pay for that damage in lives and money.

Their Plan A: They are buying up property in areas of the planet they think are protected from climate change. This buys them time for Plan B.

Plan B: Get off the planet. Why do you think that private venture capitalists are allowed their own space projects? And why you hear talk about colonizing other planets.

This is for the oligarchs, not regular people.

[LoisB]

8. Good points. We seem to be living in bizarro world. I always thought survival was the strongest

human trait but it seems as if your point about hanging onto a value mandate has replaced "survival" in some.

[Irish_Dem]

12. There is another related theory, called adaptivity theory.

One of my professors was an expert in this psychological theory of survival.

He maintained that a species survival depends upon the ability of a group to adapt to changing environmental demands. Those that can adapt will live. Those that don't, will become extinct.

He further believed that a human's ability to adapt was the best measure of intelligence.

[LoisB]

16. I absolutely agree with your professor.

[Irish_Dem]

17. He was the most superb psychologist and professor.

Adored by his students.

[Vinca]

5. I swear this is parents who hate their kids collecting on life insurance policies.

[LoisB]

10. I had not thought about that but you never know.

[bahboo]

7. downstate Illinois is basically Kentucky....

[ProfessorGAC]

14. As We Refer To It...

..."Illitucky".
Get 20 miles south of Champaign and it begins. Bunches of counties with 3-6 thousand people. For the whole county.
It seems like a different universe.

[LiberalFighter]

13. What constitution did she use?

[AwakeAtLast]

18. Downstater AND teacher here

Luckily I'm in a district that is behind using masks, but we are surrounded by crazy. FREEDUMB!!!!!!