He noted that Burke was acting as a “lone justice” when he issued his opinion against future taxes with a narrower focus. “Why we’re rushing this through given the fact that our state Supreme Court ruled against it is to me, just, I don’t understand it.”Ĭommissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat and vocal gun control advocate, brushed off Morrison’s warnings. “Clearly, what we’re stating here is that we’re going to try and play ‘beat the clock’ on getting around a state constitution,” Morrison said. The unconstitutionality ruling won’t come into play until that happens, she said. 23, according to a Laura Lechowicz Felicione, legal counsel for Preckwinkle’s office. That issue stems from the state Supreme Court sending the matter back to the circuit court to grant final judgment, which likely will not happen until Nov. He added he was concerned the board approved this change when the Illinois Supreme Court’s order has not been finalized. Morrison said the revised amendment still is “glaringly in violation” of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Before the vote, Morrison read a separate opinion from Illinois Supreme Court Justice Michael Burke that said, “The majority’s analysis wrongly leaves the door open for a municipality to enact a future tax on firearms or ammunition that is more narrowly tailored to the purpose of ameliorating the cost of gun violence.”īurke also wrote, “The only problem with that approach is that it would still violate the Illinois Constitution.” The board’s two Republican commissioners, Sean Morrison and Peter Silvestri, opposed the amendment.
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