July 21 – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Professor Ann Lousin quoted:
Republican leaders of the Illinois General Assembly filed a lawsuit this week over the state’s new legislative map and one Chicago law professor said she thinks they “are going to have a tough row to hoe” in their battle.
Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno and House Republican Leader Thomas H. Cross III sued the Illinois State Board of Elections on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, claiming that the Democraticdrawn map violates the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 as well as the Illinois and U.S. Constitutions.
The duo, which is joined by a state representative and a handful of black and Latino residents as plaintiffs in the suit, contends that the Democrats’ redistricting plan unfairly targets Republicans and discriminates against black and Latino people.
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