Johnson v. Edgar

• At issue in these consolidated appeals is the constitutionality of Public Act 89 — 428, enacted by the Illinois General Assembly on December 13, 1995. The plaintiffs in each case challenged the Act as violative of the "single subject rule” contained in article IV, section 8(d), of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. The circuit court in each case ruled that the Act was unconstitutional on this ground and ordered that the appellants are permanently enjoined from enforcing any provision of the Act. We now affirm in part and reverse in part the circuit courts’ judgments.

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The single subject…