Opinion ID: 2528595
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Constitutional Issues

Text: ¶ 60 Plaintiff further contends that the Act as a whole is unconstitutional under various provisions of the United States and Illinois Constitutions. See Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 12 (right to remedy and justice); Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 4 (freedom of speech); Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 5 (right to apply for redress of grievances); Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 6 (right to be secure against unreasonable invasions of privacy); Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 2 (due process and equal protection); U.S. Const., amend. XIV (due process and equal protection). All of plaintiff's arguments alleging that the Act is unconstitutional are based on the assumption that the Act establishes a privilege for defendants who engage in defamatory acts in the process of petitioning the government. Because we hold that the legislature did not intend to establish such a privilege, we do not find the statute unconstitutional under any of the grounds raised by plaintiff.