Column: Trapped in irrelevance, GOP attacks Dems’ legislative maps – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "This week, similarly desperate Springfield Republicans threw their own “Hail Mary.” They filed a lawsuit asking the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the state House legislative maps drawn by their fellow Democrats. ... The lawsuit names the state’s board of elections as defendants, and it asks the five Democratic and two Republican justices to 'appoint a special master' to draw a new map that 'complies with the Illinois Constitution.'"