California Republican Party Files Suit to Block Prop 50 Congressional Maps – RedState
Hours after California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Election Rigging Act was passed (and while they were still counting ballots), the California Republican Party and 19 individual plaintiffs filed suit against Newsom and Secretary of State Shirley Weber to invalidate the Proposition 50 maps, claiming they violated the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution because they were drawn “on the basis of race, specifically to favor voters Hispanics, without reason or proof to justify it.
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The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to stop the state from using the cards while the entire case moves through the courts. Attorney Mark Meuser of the Dhillon Law Group said during a morning news conference that he anticipated the injunction would be heard in the coming weeks and that the party that loses this case could likely appeal directly to the Supreme Court, but that a decision would have to be made before Dec. 19, when applicants can withdraw their papers.
The Dhillon Law Group, Rep. David Tangipa, 18 California voters and the California Republican Party file federal lawsuit challenging Proposition 50 https://t.co/ZEi5R2OXSc
– California Republican Party (@CAGOP) November 5, 2025
Democrats in the California legislature and the man paid by the DCCC to draw the maps have all said publicly that the Prop 50 maps were drawn to “allow Latino voters to elect the candidates of their choice,” creating two new districts they called Voting Rights Act districts.
Extract from the complaint:
The consultant who drew the lines also explained that the first thing he did when drawing the Proposition 50 map was add a “Latino District” that Citizen Independent [Commission] had previously eliminated and that he had changed the lines of a district to make it a “Latino-influenced district” by ensuring that its voting age population was “35% Latino.” Although compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) may justify race-based districting under current law, notwithstanding the Equal Protection Clause, the Supreme Court requires states to prove, among other things, that they actually adopted the new district lines based on evidence that a minority race generally could not elect its preferred candidates because of the concerted opposition of voters of a predominantly white race.
However, California’s Hispanic voters managed to elect their preferred candidates to state and federal office, without being thwarted by a bloc racial majority vote. This is not surprising because Latinos are the largest demographic group in the state and California voters almost always vote based on party affiliation, not race.
Not only did the Legislature have no evidence that the Citizen Redistricting Commission’s existing 2021 maps violated the VRA and, therefore, racial gerrymandering was justified. But also, the consultant who drew the Proposition 50 map acknowledged two studies, one before and one after drawing the map, which confirmed that the Commission’s map complied with the VRA.
Talk with @DavidTangipamy lead plaintiff, regarding the lawsuit we filed today in Federal Court challenging the Proposition 50 maps. pic.twitter.com/dxTBwNOWO6
–Mark Meuser (@MarkMeuser) November 5, 2025
Newsom’s response to the lawsuit was typically Newsom: arrogant and false.
Statement from Governor Newsom’s Office on CAGOP’s federal Prop 50 lawsuit:
“Good luck, losers.” pic.twitter.com/j7FFdXNEPQ
-Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) November 5, 2025
Newsom clearly feels, and for good reason, untouchable. He is wrong, however, about the lawsuit being named after Harmeet Dhillon. Yes, it’s the Dhillon Law Group, which she founded, but she left the firm to join the Trump Justice Department, which may well be involved in this matter as well, but is not at the moment. And while he has a decent track record of legally challenging his diktats in state courts, his record in federal court, particularly against the Dhillon Act, or against the Center for American Liberty, which Dhillon also founded, is not great. This thread highlights some of his losses for engaging in unconstitutional government action.
Hi! Happy to help you with this one! This is going to be a common thread in memory for singles suffering from short-term memory loss. Here is a reminder to @GovPressOffice:
1st: TANDON v. NEWSOM – landmark case, Newsom lost to SCOTUS for violation of 1A.https://t.co/62NO5IyMMV
– Center for American Liberty (@Liberty_Ctr) July 9, 2025
Read the full complaint below.
CAGOP Lawsuit Challenges Jennifer Van Laar’s Accessory 50
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Los Angeles County Republican Party Chairwoman Roxanne Hoge (also known as one half of RedState editor Bob Hoge) appeared Tuesday night on CBS Los Angeles to discuss the fate of Prop 50 alongside Sara Sadhwani, chair of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission and longtime left-wing activist (we delved into her background here and her unethical actions here). Sadhwani was typically completely unhinged in her comments about President Trump and Proposition 50, but Roxanne made us proud with the way she handled it. To me, it seemed like Sadhwani was upset that she couldn’t just scream and shout, “Racist!” to Roxanne to end the debate, since they were live on television. A trailer of Roxanne’s facial expressions would be priceless. I’m just saying.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Dhillon Law Group represented editor-in-chief Jennifer Van Laar in a defamation lawsuit brought by former Rep. Katie Hill.)
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