On Thursday morning, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to uphold the SAFE-T Act, making Illinois the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail. In a statement posted to Twitter, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker spoke out in support of the move, writing that the state can “now move forward with historic reform to.
Two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court are up for vote on Nov. 8 and the outcomes of those races could flip the state s high court from a Democratic majority to a Republican one for the first time in more than 50 years.