The Trump administration on Friday weighed in on a legal challenge brought against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus stay-at-home orders, filing a statement of interest in federal court in support of the lawsuit.
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The U.S. Justice Department filing raised objections to the Democratic governor’s action on Thursday removing the case against him from state court, where it was filed by Republican state Representative Darren Bailey, to a federal court. The Justice Department said its filing was part of Attorney General William Barr’s initiative in late April directing his civil rights division and a U.S. attorney in Michigan to review state and local government policies related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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