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The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map, that was in response to TX redraw of maps (www.npr.org)

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The state's voters approved the redistricting plan last year as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly map, which President Trump pushed for to help Republicans hold on to their narrow majority in the House.

And in a brief, unsigned order released Wednesday, the high court denied an emergency request by the California's Republican Party to block the redistricting plan. The state's GOP argued that the map violated the U.S. Constitution because its creation was mainly driven by race, not partisan politics. A lower federal court rejected that claim.

The ruling on California's redistricting plan comes two months after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Texas map that kicked off a nationwide gerrymandering fight by boosting the GOP's chances of winning five additional House seats.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The best part is that the GOP Texas map was built entirely around the support of the Hispanic vote which they seem to have lost in elections since 2024. Their 5 "safe" seats are more like 2 safe seats. I wouldn't be surprised if they lose Cuban support in Florida now that they're living in "papers please" country.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Scotus can't fucking stop them from using it if they wanted to.