Right-wing group sues Illinois in first post-Callais attack on a state Voting Rights Act [View all]
A right-wing legal group filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to strike down Illinois’ Voting Rights Act, opening the first direct challenges to state-level voting protections since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the federal Voting Rights Act.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a conservative legal organization, filed the case on behalf of former Illinois state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R), who previously ran for governor and Congress but lost each race.
The case appears to be the first major lawsuit challenging a state Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, a decision voting rights advocates warned would invite a wave of attacks on laws that protect minority voters from having their political power diluted.
In that ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map with two majority-Black districts, holding that the state relied too heavily on race when it adopted the map. While the decision did not strike down Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act, it sharply restricted states from using race-conscious remedies in redistricting — effectively removing a key tool to fight discriminatory electoral maps
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