"If anyone needed proof of how swiftly political change can arrive, this fall is probably Example A. Just observe the last month. First, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was riding high after passage of Proposition 50 and its changes in California congressional district lines made him the most successful national Democrat in countering a key initiative by President Trump. Barely a week later, Newsom's former chief of staff was indicted on charges of political corruption and tax fraud"
"It now appears the Texas decision nixing the changes there may be reversed by the high court, even though it was written by a Trump-appointed judge. Meanwhile the California proposition figures to survive its own court challenges, filed by the state Republican Party and the U.S. Justice Department. That's because Texas officials from Gov. Greg Abbott down were open about their effort to concentrate Houston-area blacks into one district while giving five others to white Republicans."
California Governor Gavin Newsom surged politically after voters approved Proposition 50, which altered congressional district lines to counter a Texas gerrymander. His standing dipped when his former chief of staff was indicted on political corruption and tax fraud charges. A federal appeals court struck down Texas's congressional map, but the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily reinstated the gerrymandered lines. Texas officials openly acknowledged concentrating Houston-area Black voters into one district while creating additional Republican districts. Prop. 50 faces legal challenges from Republicans and the Justice Department, but appears likely to survive and could achieve Newsom's objective if courts overturn the Texas map.
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