Republicans in Illinois have criticized the Democratic-led General Assembly for focusing on what they consider "bad bills" ...

In a series of opinions from a small if vocal contingent on the topic of school closures, one author wrote we must “make the ...

One would think with the Republican Party holding a majority of voter registrations in most counties, and with districts so ...

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...

Jacob Hooper has written this student note for the George Mason Law Review. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s 2023 Allen v. Milligan decision upheld Thornburg v. Gingles from 1986. Gingles ...

Illinoisans deserve a fair electoral system. We say it’s time for the Illinois Supreme Court to weigh in on Illinois’ ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...

The complaint, filed by McCombie and five voters from districts they consider extremely gerrymandered, asks the Supreme Court to appoint a special master to draft a new map. Rep. Dan Ugaste, a ...

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