Supreme Court DENIES Republican effort to block California's new congressional map

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Marc E. Elias @marceelias 2m
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court DENIES Republican effort to block California's new congressional map! VICTORY for our client, the DCCC, and the voters of California.

Feb. 4, 2026: The Supreme Court denied the California GOP’s attempt to block the new congressional map. The voter-approved map will remain in place.

https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/california-congressional-redistricting-challenge-tangipa/

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1. The catsup will be hitting the walls tonight

I'll bet the catsup bottles are already stampeeding to escape. (Where's Surfered with the image?) LOL

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2. Wait, WHAT?!?!

I have been told many times, with great certainty, that SCOTUS ALWAYS rules in favor of Trump.

Wha’ happen’ ?

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4. Because they usually do

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5. Except for all the times they don't.

It’s just that those times that they do rule in Trump’s favor, it’s a big deal.

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3. Holy FUCK! I'm STUNNED.

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6. Deadline Legal Blog-Supreme Court allows California congressional map ahead of midterm elections

The high court previously approved Texas’ GOP-friendly map, which California’s Proposition 50 sought to counter.

Link to tweet

https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-allows-california-congressional-map-midterm-elections

The Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans to halt California’s congressional map, which was passed in response to Texas’ Republican-friendly effort, launched at President Donald Trump’s urging ahead of the November midterm elections.

The high court rejection came Wednesday in an unexplained order with no justices noting dissent.

In December, the Supreme Court approved Texas’ map on the grounds that it was motivated by partisan considerations, which the court has permitted, and not by unlawful racial considerations. When the court sided with Texas, it also seemed to cite California’s effort approvingly. Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a concurring opinion that “the impetus for the adoption of the Texas map (like the map subsequently adopted in California) was partisan advantage pure and simple.”

A divided lower-court panel cited the Supreme Court order in the Texas case when it rejected a GOP challenge to California’s map. Republicans appealed to the justices, leading to Wednesday’s order.