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The Trump administration is suing California governor Gavin Newsom after the state adopted new congressional maps last week.

The justice department is attempting to block the new boundaries, that voters overwhelmingly approved through Proposition 50 – the ballot initiative that would give Democrats in the Golden state five more seats in the House ahead of the 2026 midterms. This move was a response to the redistricting battle that started in Texas, when the state’s GOP-run legislature gerrymandered their own maps.

Attorney general Pam Bondi called the governor’s effort a “power grab”.

“Newsom should be concerned about keeping Californians safe and shutting down Antifa violence, not rigging his state for political gain,” she added.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 45 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So what's their justification for suing to block this while allowing the Texas Legislature to do the exact same thing? Obviously they're full of shit, but they always try to put some sort of spin on things.

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

They're fascists.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Were approaching the point where they stop even pretending

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 9 points 4 months ago

Approaching?

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Reasons. Legal ones.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait... They are just suing Newsom? Wouldn't they need to sue the state in order to block it?

Would be hilarious if they just let the lawsuit of Newsom roll, he pays some fine and CA still gets the extra seats because Trump has some of the world's dumbest lawyers in his circle right now.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

IANAL, but my understanding is this is how laws are challenged in the US. A plaintiff cannot file suit against the legislature, or the government in general, to challenge a law. A plaintiff needs to sue an individual within the government who has enforced the law, and then demonstrate that the enforcement of said law has caused the plaintiff harm. In this case the law will be enforced by Newsome or someone within his administration like the Secretary of State.

I learned this when Texas passed their anti-abortion law in 2021 (S.B. 8). Rather than having government officials enforce that law, the state offloaded enforcement to private citizens by paying them cash rewards for successfully suing alleged abortion providers. Since state officials are not doing the enforcing they are not directly causing harm to any potential plaintiffs. There's nobody in the state government you can sue to initiate a challenge to the law.

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Malicious compliance would be the way to deal with that.

[–] joshikyou@lemmings.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Donald Trump raped kids.

Nothing his administration does is legitimate.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While I agree with the first half. Someone has to convince the Congress of the other half. Otherwise, it unfortunately absolutely is legitimate.

So, what, they’re gonna assess damages on the majority of CA voters that voted for this?

Eat shit, Bondi.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't link to the article.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes it does. It's a live feed. If you scroll back under "Key Points" at 3 hours ago you'll find what I posted.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, I'm not familiar with how linking live feeds is supposed to be done. This goes directly to the article, but it's short and you copied it all to the post body anyway (which I guess you're not supposed to do, but it makes sense to here).