Rehg v. Illinois Department of Revenue

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• holding that cannabis tax was rational because “drug dealers as a group impose immeasurable costs upon the state, but do not bear their fair share of the tax burden”
• overruled by Wilson v. Department of Revenue, 169 Ill.2d 306, 214 Ill.Dec. 849, 662 N.E.2d 415 (1996), on grounds not relevant to this particular question
• overruled in part by Fuller, 187 Ill. 2d 1, and by Wilson v. Department of Revenue, 169 Ill. 2d 306 (1996)
• All statutes are presumed to be constitutional and the challenging party bears the burden of clearly establishing the statute’s unconstitutionality
• overruled in part by Fuller, 187 Ill.2d 1, 239 Ill.Dec. 582, 714 N.E.2d 501, and by Wilson v. Department of Revenue, 169 Ill.2d 306, 214 Ill.Dec. 849, 662 N.E.2d 415 (1996)
• All statutes are presumed to be constitutional and the challenging party bears the burden of clearly establishing the statute's unconstitutionality

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