MCHENRY COUNTY v. KWAME RAOUL

No. 21-3334.

44 F.4th 581 (2022)

MCHENRY COUNTY and Kankakee County, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KWAME RAOUL, in his official capacity as Illinois Attorney General, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jana Blake Dickson , Attorney, Office of the McHenry County State's Attorney, Woodstock, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Alex Hemmer , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Mark Steven Venezia , Attorney, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Immigration Reform Law Institute.

Caroline S. Van Zile , Attorney, Office of Attorney General, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae District of Columbia, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Maine.

Before Hamilton, Brennan, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


In our constitutional scheme, "the States possess sovereignty concurrent with that of the Federal Government, subject only to limitations imposed by the Supremacy Clause." Tafflin v. Levitt, 493 U.S. 455, 458, 110 S.Ct. 792, 107 L.Ed.2d 887 (1990). The States have "substantial sovereign...

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