Republicans have publicly celebrated their success at confusing voters on a measure that sought to stop gerrymandering.

That leaves intact legislative maps that badly undermine democracy in Illinois. Any reasonable, non-partisan person looking ...

Partisan gerrymandering. Prior to 2022, Davidson’s 8 th Congressional District stopped at the Butler-Hamilton county line before Republicans in Columbus re-drew the 8 th to include the ...

In a decision that shouldn't surprise anyone, the Democratic-majority Illinois Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' constitutional challenge to the state's gerrymandered House and Senate districts.

The Court has also recognized the difficulty of separating racial and partisan gerrymandering when blacks vote overwhelmingly for Democrats and whites heavily for Republicans. Justice Alito made this ...

The court’s conservative majority already has ruled that federal courts have no role to play in partisan gerrymandering. Justice Clarence Thomas said the court also should no longer decide race ...

In 2023, the state’s Supreme Court invalidated the Republican-drawn state legislative districts as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. As a result, new district lines were put in place for ...

(The GOP challenged the maps in federal court but lost because the U.S. Constitution permits political gerrymandering ... the majority party draws legislative maps in Illinois.