Illinois Supreme Court to hear arguments March 14 on SAFE-T Act as attorney general attacks ‘grab-bag’ of arguments against it

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks as Gov. J.B. Pritzker prepares to sign a sweeping criminal justice reform on Feb. 22, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times)

The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments next month on whether the far-reaching SAFE-T Act and its elimination of cash bail is unconstitutional, as a Kankakee judge ruled the end of last year. 

The court set a date of March 14 as the Illinois attorney general’s office filed a motion Monday urging the court to reject the “grab-bag of constitutional theories” raised by the law’s opponents.