"The California Republican Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block California from using the Proposition 50 congressional maps that voters approved in November while awaiting a decision by the nation's highest court on whether the maps are constitutional. The emergency application was filed Tuesday, Jan. 20, following a decision by a federal three-judge panel in Los Angeles last week, which, in a 2-1 ruling, said California can use the new, voter-approved U.S. House maps for the 2026 midterm elections."
"Republicans are appealing. And they're asking Justice Elena Kagan, who was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by then-President Barack Obama and is assigned to the Ninth Circuit, to issue an injunction to temporarily reinstate the 2021 congressional maps drawn by an independent redistricting commission while the Supreme Court hears their appeal. The plaintiffs want an injunction granted by Feb. 9, citing the start of the filing period for candidates running for a House seat in California."
The California Republican Party filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 20 seeking to block use of Proposition 50 congressional maps while an appeal proceeds. A federal three-judge panel had ruled 2-1 that California may use the voter-approved maps for the 2026 midterm elections, and Republicans are appealing that decision. The petition asks Justice Elena Kagan to reinstate the 2021 maps drawn by the independent redistricting commission until the Supreme Court resolves the appeal, and requests an injunction by Feb. 9 because candidate filing begins then. Plaintiffs include the state GOP, individual Republicans and the DOJ, alleging the new maps considered race and favored Latino voters, while Democrats maintain the maps are legal and were drawn for partisan advantage.
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