This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
SEARCHES, SEIZURES, PRIVACY AND INTERCEPTIONS The people shall have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and other possessions against unreasonable searches, seizures, invasions of privacy or interceptions of communications by eavesdropping devices or other means.
The freedom to not only to choose what we read, but also to select from a full array of possibilities, is firmly rooted in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The current state constitution has 14 articles. The current Illinois Constitution has been amended 15 times. Voters last approved a new amendment to the Illinois Constitution on November 8, 2022, when voters approved Amendment 1.
Except as limited by this Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; to license; to tax; and to incur debt.
Amendment 1 is designed to prohibit any law that "interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively," such as collective bargaining agreements that require union membership as a condition of employment.
The original writing of the Constitution says that Congress can not interfere with the First Amendment right to speech and the press. This has long since been interpreted by the Supreme Court to mean that all American speech can not be infringed upon by any branch or section of the federal, state, or local governments.
Our constitution is explicit—law abiding citizens have a right to keep and bear arms. In fact, I am an Illinois Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) card owner myself.