State GOP seeks Supreme Court injunction to block California's new, voter-approved congressional districts

"The state Republican party on Tuesday filed an emergency application asking the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stop the congressional districts California voters approved last year from going into effect. Arguing that the districts created by Proposition 50 violate federal law because the race of voters was considered when they were configured, the filing urges the court to act by Feb. 9 because of ensuing deadlines for candidates to file to run for office."

""Our emergency application asks the Supreme Court to put the brakes on Prop. 50 now, before the Democrats try to run out the clock and force candidates and voters to live with unconstitutional congressional districts," state GOP chairwoman Corrin Rankin said in a statement. "Californians deserve fair districts and clean elections, not a backroom redraw that picks winners and losers based on race." A spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who led the rare middecade redistricting effort and is one of the respondents in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to a request for coverage."

"The redrawing of congressional districts typically occurs once a decade, after the U.S. Census, to account for population shifts. In California, the boundaries are drawn by a voter-approved independent commission to stop partisan gerrymandering and incumbent protection. After President Trump urged leaders in Texas and other GOP-led states to redraw their delegation's districts to boost the number of Republican elected to Congress in the November mid-term election,"

California's Republican Party filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking an injunction to prevent congressional districts approved under Proposition 50 from taking effect. The filing contends that Proposition 50's mapmaking violated federal law because the race of voters was considered during district configuration and asks the Court to act by Feb. 9 ahead of candidate filing deadlines. The state GOP chair described the maps as a backroom redraw that selects winners and losers based on race. A spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who led the middecade redistricting effort, did not immediately respond. California normally conducts redistricting once a decade through an independent commission.

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