Lawsuit Challenging Evanston Reparations Program Allowed to Proceed

Illinois city denied motion to dismiss lawsuit against reparations program

Evanston, Illinois' reparations program faces a continuing civil rights lawsuit after U.S. District Judge John F. Kness denied the city's motion to dismiss the Judicial Watch case.

Court fight over race-based 'reparations' scheme moving forward * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

A program set up by an Illinois city that hands out huge sums of cash, but only if the recipients are black, is facing a showdown now in court. That’s after U.S. District Judge John F. Kress refused to dismiss the case brought by Judicial Watch, as officials in the city of Evanston had demanded. The program appears to be a blatant violation of a long list of rulings that say government programs can’t be based on race. “Evanston’s reparations pro…

Lawsuit challenging Evanston reparations program allowed to proceed

A federal judge ruled Friday that the lawsuit against the city of Evanston’s reparations program will be allowed to proceed. The suit, filed by conservative legal group Judicial Watch in May 2024, argues that the program’s race-based eligibility criteria program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “Among the program’s other fatal flaws is that it uses race as a proxy for discrimination witho…

Evanston can’t end discrimination lawsuit over black ‘reparations’ – Legal Newsline

In the ruling, Kness specifically rejected the city's attempts to claim the white plaintiffs can't sue because they never actually attempted to apply for payment through the program, which the city had made clear was limited only to people who are black.

Evanston can’t end discrimination lawsuit over black ‘reparations’ - Regional Media News

Evanston can't end a class action lawsuit accusing the city of violating the Constitution by paying out millions of dollars to current and former Black Evanston residents and their descendants through a race-based "reparations" program, a federal judge has ruled. On March 27, U.S. District Judge John F. Kness denied a motion by the city to dismiss the lawsuit brought by a group of white former Evanston residents and their descendants. In the rul…