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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump expected the SCOTUS to shut down Newsom's response to Republican gerrymandering bullsh*t, and then, OOOPS.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California may use a new congressional map approved by voters.
Justices rejected arguments from Republicans asking the court to block district lines they claimed were rigged in favor of Democratic candidates, and their decision was issued as a one-sentence order that did not provide explanation or dissent, reported NBC News.
Democratic legislators drew up the map and voters approved the mid-decade redistricting plan that could give the party a chance to gain five more seats in this fall's midterm elections.
Gov. Gavin Newsom promoted the measure in response to a new map passed last summer by Republicans in Texas to give themselves five additional favorable matchups, but similar efforts have found mixed success around the country.
https://www.rawstory.com/california-supreme-court-redistricting/
C_U_L8R
(49,108 posts)Silly republicans never think their stupid schemes have consequences.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,410 posts)malaise
(294,080 posts)It is pellucidly clear that shame is not part of their make up.
FoxNewsSucks
(11,546 posts)they wanted.
peppertree
(23,186 posts)With a palm outstretched behind their backs.
malaise
(294,080 posts)for by citizens.
That is all
Torchlight
(6,512 posts)GOP kinda reminds me of the Doyle Lonnegan role in the film, The Sting: "What was I supposed to do, call him for cheating better than me in front of the others?".
intheflow
(30,070 posts)that Newsom put it to a vote, and the voters want this. As opposed to TX Republicans who just did their own shit without asking anyone.
MagickMuffin
(18,203 posts)greg abbott is the absolute worse governor Texas has ever had. and that's sayin somethin since he followed Rick Perry and GW Bush.
no_hypocrisy
(54,558 posts)Miles Archer
(22,206 posts)...who claimed the map was a racial gerrymander to benefit Latinos, not a partisan effort to bolster Democrats."
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-04/supreme-court-rejects-gop-challenge-to-californias-new-election-map
obamanut2012
(29,241 posts)I hate him half the time, but when he needs to be, he is there for us.
ms liberty
(11,062 posts)Reverse engineer their arguments to try to minimize their culpability in this mess.
Not gonna work, aholes.
Javaman
(65,401 posts)dsc
(53,338 posts)in the decision for the Texas case, where the evidence race was involved was orders of magnitude more, Alito made clear that he thought the CA gerrymander was political not racial.