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Illinois pauses redistricting effort after Supreme Court ruling
- By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareJim TalamontiIllinois Reporter
- 20 hrs ago
(The Center Square) – Illinois has paused a legislative redistricting effort after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker promises that Illinois will push back.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map and ruled that racial gerrymandering is unconstitutional.
Professor Jason Mazzone, director of the program in Constitutional Theory, History, and Law at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the decision imposes a very significant limitation on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“The court came as close to holding Section 2 unconstitutional as it possibly could have come without taking that final fatal step. The ruling will radically impact elections all over the country,” Mazzone told The Center Square.
Mazzone said majority minority districts, whether created because of a court order or because states thought the Voting Rights Act required them, will disappear.
He said the short-term effect is likely to be chaos.
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Pritzker said the high court ruling is an abomination.
“It is an attack on a crown jewel of our democracy,” Pritzker said.
Pritzker spoke at an unrelated event in Chicago on Wednesday.
“We’re not going to stand for it in Illinois. We’re going to push back. We have options for pushing back,” he said.
Pritzker suggested that the Senate could introduce new language and send it back to the House.
The fact that Pritsker has his panties twisted tells you all you need to know.
