The federal appeals court in Chicago put a hold Thursday on a downstate judge’s — meaning the law will remain in place while the legal controversy it’s generated continues to work its way through the courts.
The order from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is no surprise. Nor was the Nov. 8 ruling from U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn, who found the assault weapons ban unconstitutional.
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The result is that Illinois can continue to enforce the ban while lawyers take their arguments to the 7th Circuit, based in Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse. A panel of judges there found in 2023 that weapons covered by the law .
The litigation is viewed as a candidate to ultimately reach as high as the U.S. Supreme Court. wrote in July that if the 7th Circuit “ultimately allows Illinois to ban America’s most common civilian rifle, we can — and should — review that decision once the cases reach a final judgment.”
Metro East judge's effort to strike down Illinois' assault weapon ban put on hold

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