Illinois Republicans sue in federal court to try to overturn Democratic-drawn legislative maps – Chicago Tribune*

Republicans “seek a declaration that the plan is unconstitutional, invalid and thus void,” the lawsuit said. “Any state legislative redistricting plan must satisfy the principles of the U.S. Constitution. Key among these requirements is the equal protection guarantee of ‘one person, one vote,’ requiring state legislative districts to be of equal, or at the very least, substantially equal population.”