Thursday Bulletin – April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025
Executive Director’s Message Richard Pearson Litigation Update On April 4th, our attorney filed a motion in the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals requesting a briefing date for Harrel et al v Raoul et al which is combined with Barnett et al v Raoul et al, as well as other cases, asking the Court to declare the Illinois assault weapons ban (PICA) unconstitutional. On Monday, April 7th, we received the briefing schedule. That means our combined cases are moving forward at last. Here is there briefing schedule. The State of Illinois brief is due on or before May 5, 2025. Our brief is due June 6th, 2025. The State of Illinois response is due June 27th, 2025. The State of Illinois has one extension left. We expect them to use it to just drag the case out as long as possible. The goal is to get our case heard...
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