During debate Friday night (May 28) on a redrawing of State Supreme Court district boundaries and State Senator Chapin Rose charged the changes created exclusively by Illinois Democrats as designed solely to ensure a Democrat majority on the state’s high court.

The Mahomet Republican says Democrats did not like what the voters had to say in November and now Democrats are changing the rules.

Sen. Rose also voted no on House Bill 562, the latest legislative version of Illinois’ controversial Firearm Owner’s ID card, or FOID card, because of higher fees for people simply exercising their Second Amendment rights, fingerprinting FOID card applicants if you choose automatic card renewal, and new regulations impacting private firearm sales between individuals and involve the state’s federal firearm dealers licensee holders, all at higher fees. 

Rose also says the FOID card policy is useless when it comes to preventing gun crimes. 

Additionally, it’s been nearly 60 years since the boundaries of Supreme Court districts were redrawn.