The Justice Department said Illinois unconstitutionally discriminates against US citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships. “We lose 50% of our students already; it’s actually slightly above 50%, to out-of-state colleges and universities,” said Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville). “Legislation like this will only increase that number. It will push more of our young minds to other states.”

Free speech is under assault in many places these days, but traffic court? Leave it to Illinois, where the state Supreme Court kicked a Cook County judge off the bench over an article he wrote while a private citizen.