The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo: massmatt / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from Original
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to California's redistricting bid that would add more Democrat-majority districts in the state.
In November, California voters approved Proposition 50, a ballot measure that allowed mid-decade congressional redistricting. The measure was proposed by the Democrat-led General Assembly to add as many as five congressional districts in favor of Democrats.
The California General Assembly took up the effort after legislators in Texas redrew congressional maps to add as many as five districts in favor of Republicans. However, lawyers for the Trump administration urged justices on the Supreme Court to strike down California’s map.
The lawyers argued Prop. 50, the California ballot measure to approve the new congressional district lines, made distinctions on race and should be classified as racial gerrymandering.
“An injunction effectively requiring California to return to its earlier map would be less disruptive to the State’s election apparatus than allowing the Prop 50 map to go into effect,” the lawyers wrote.
“Under the proposed lines, Democrats could gain up to 5 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives,” California Democrats wrote. “With a majority in the House, Democrats can fight back against Trump and Republicans’ MAGA agenda.”
Originally published on thecentersquare.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
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