Column: As map trial begins, Dems say they acted within rules – Champaign News-Gazette*

Jim Dey: "Their critics’ alternatives, they argue, are 'anti-democratic' — 'drawn without any public input or scrutiny, much less through the legislative process.' So there you have it — what’s up is really down. The sham redistricting process embraced by supermajority Democrats is not the problem, but the model."