California Supreme Court rejects latest GOP effort to halt redistricting plan

[RandySF]

The California Supreme Court rejected a petition Wednesday filed by state Republican legislators seeking to keep Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to redistrict California’s congressional map off a special election ballot this fall.

A brief update in the docket announced the petition for a writ of mandate and a request for stay were denied just days after Republican legislators filed their second challenge against the redistricting plan. The case is now listed as closed.

“48 hours later, this case has already been rejected. Keep em coming, @GOP. We’ll keep winning,” Newsom said in a post on social platform X.

The petition, citing constitutional issues, had asked the state Supreme Court to intervene and keep Proposition 50 off the Nov. 4 ballot.




https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5474103-california-supreme-court-rejects-republican-petition/

[struggle4progress]

1. rump says DOJ will sue California over redistricting as he celebrates similar Texas effort

Published Mon, Aug 25 20251:37 PM EDT
Updated Mon, Aug 25 20254:22 PM EDT

President Donald Trump said the Department of Justice will sue California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to draw a new congressional map.

Newsom, a Democrat and 2028 presidential contender, promptly responded on social media: “BRING IT.”

Trump has praised a similar effort by Texas Republican legislators to codify a new map that would give the GOP an even greater advantage in key House seats in the 2026 midterm elections ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html