The lawsuit also challenged the state’s photo ID requirement to vote. Petersen ordered the state to improve its process for issuing credentials to people who were eligible to vote but could not comply with the requirement — primarily people who lack qualifying IDs as well as the documents needed to get a free ID from the state.

Holder said in a statement that the lame-duck bills, by defying judicial directives, are “another shameful mark on the legacy of Scott Walker and his allies in the Legislature.”

“Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature and their defeated governor are using their gerrymandered majorities to — once again — attempt to suppress the votes of people of color in the state,” Holder said.

The new filing comes as the 2016 court challenge to the state’s early voting and voter ID restrictions remains on appeal and unresolved. In February 2017 a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit heard arguments in the state’s appeal of Petersen’s ruling, but the appellate court still has not issued a ruling.

Monday’s news is not a surprise, as critics of the lame-duck bills have said court challenges to them would be forthcoming.