The civil-rights Left appears to have a new priority: Attacking the at-large election of judges when this results in a politically incorrect racial and ethnic mix. It will instead be insisted that elections be on the basis of racially gerrymandered districts. Earlier this summer, there was a lawsuit in Texas; this week, the complaint was filed in Alabama.

This sort of challenge to at-large elections has long been a staple of the Left when it comes to city councils and the like. But, as distasteful as it is to have racially-defined districts for local politicians, having racially-defined districts for judges takes the yuckiness to a whole new level. Even Justice John Paul Stevens seemed to recognize that there might be some problems with that.

Get used to it. As the federal judiciary gets worse and worse, from the top down, the Left will get more and more creative in the disparate-impact claims it files. Voter ID? Of course not. At-large elections for judges? No way. A ban on felons voting? Don’t be silly, and this will apply to felons still in prison. And don’t be surprised to see lawsuits demanding that 16-year-olds be allowed to vote, and noncitizens as well, since Neanderthal restrictions like allowing only adult citizens to vote have a disparate impact on Latinos in many jurisdictions.