Mad Youth Sports Moms: Illinois Governor and High School Association Sued for COVID-19 Policy
By Hyosoon Yim
Parents of seven Illinois high school athletes (lead plaintiff Lisa Moore and six others) filed a lawsuit on December 12, 2020, against Jay Robert Pritzker (Governor of Illinois) and the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The plaintiffs are claiming violation of the equal protection clause enshrined in the Illinois Constitution, resulted from the defendants' arbitrary and unfair series of disaster declarations, executive orders, rules, and regulations. Moore and the other