The Illinois Supreme Court has vacated a challenge to the state’s Firearm Owner’s ID card law.
The case heard in May focuses on two individuals who were charged with reckless discharge of firearms, had their FOID cards suspended, but later pleaded to misdemeanors which doesn’t rise to the level of a FOID card being revoked. Representing the firearm owners, attorney Thomas Maag told the Supreme Court his clients have standing.
During Oral Arguments, Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis questioned standing in the case as their FOID cards were reinstated before the hearing.
Last week, the unanimous decision enjoined the suspension of FOID cards for the litigants but vacated a lower court’s ruling the law was unconstitutional, saying they don’t express an opinion on the merits.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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