California Supreme Court declines to stop Newsom’s redistricting plan
Washington – The Supreme Court of California will not prevent Democrats from advancing Thursday with a plan to redraw the districts of the Congress.
The Republicans of the Golden State had asked the high court of the State to intervene and temporarily blocks the efforts of redistribution, arguing that the Democrats – who rush to put the plan on the ballot later this year – had circumvented a rule requiring that the legislators of the State are waiting at least 30 days before adopting a new introduced legislation.
But in a decision on Wednesday evening, the court refused to act, writing that the legislators of the republican state who filed the prosecution had “not responded to their burden to establish a reparation base at that time”.
The California legislator is expected to vote on the redistribution plan on Thursday, which would send the bill to the Governor’s office of California Gavin Newsom for approval.
The legislators of the Democratic State in California have presented a set of bills to create new district limits in a way that they hoped would overthrow five seats from the Congress, a decision taken in response to President Trump and Pushing from the Republicans of Texas To reshape five districts of the Texas Congress to promote the GOP. State democratic legislators in California, who have a supermajority in the Legislative Assembly, want to adopt the bills immediately so that they can place the proposal before the voters during a special election of November 4
The proposal of the Democrats in California would try to return five of the nine state districts currently held by the Republicans and make them more friendly for the Democrats. California has 52 congress districts. Changes may require a modification of the constitution of the State of California in order to overcome the independent committee which is currently responsible for the process of redistribution of the State.
The battle on the district lines could influence the mid-term elections of next year. The Republicans hold only a thin majority in the House of Representatives, and they want to hang on to it, while the Democrats aim to take over the chamber.
Newsom, a potential candidate in 2028, led the charge.
“Listen, what we do neutral, neutralizes what’s going on in Texas,” Newsom told journalists on Wednesday. “People have this chance with this ballot – on November 4 – resists the rule of law, defends branches of coequal government, resists, yes, Donald Trump, but also rises in the spirit that defines this moment to people victims of intimidation and intimidated people.”
In a statement to CBS News, the legislators of the GOP state who continued on the redistribution plan said that the decision of the Supreme Court was “not the end of this fight”.
“We will continue to challenge this unconstitutional takeover in the courts and in the ballot box. The Californians deserve fair and transparent elections, and not secret behind the scenes to protect politicians,” the statement said.
