"The Department of Justice joined a lawsuit Thursday brought by California Republicans that seeks to block the state from adopting a new congressional map and thwart Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to help Democrats seize enough seats in 2026 to control the U.S. House. The redistricting plan, which Democrats say openly is an attempt to dilute Republicans' voting power in California, was championed by Newsom as a way to offset GOP gerrymandering in Texas and other GOP states."
"The 18-page complaint, joining a lawsuit filed last week by GOP Assemblymember David J. Tangipa of Fresno and the state's Republican Party, alleges that the new Proposition 50 map focused on race and favored Latino voters, constituting racial gerrymandering in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. It also claims the map intentionally discriminates on racial grounds in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act."
The Department of Justice joined a lawsuit by California Republicans seeking to block adoption of a new congressional map and to thwart Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to help Democrats seize enough seats in 2026 to control the U.S. House. The voter-approved Proposition 50 map, championed by Newsom to offset GOP gerrymandering in other states, is described by Democrats as an attempt to dilute Republican voting power in California. The DOJ's 18-page complaint filed in a Central California federal district court alleges the new map used race as a proxy for politics, manipulated lines "in the name of bolstering the voting power of Hispanic Californians because of their race," violated the Equal Protection Clause and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and asks a judge to require use of the 2021 independent commission map through 2030.
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