The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly map.

The Supreme Court is allowing California to use its new congressional map for this year’s midterm election, clearing the way for the state’s gerrymandered districts as Democrats and Republicans continue their fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The state’s voters approved the redistricting plan last year as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas’ new GOP-friendly map, which President Trump pushed for to help Republicans hold on to their narrow majority in the House.

And in an unsigned order released Wednesday, the high court’s majority denied an emergency request by the California’s Republican Party to block the redistricting plan. The state’s GOP argued that the map violated the U.S. Constitution because its creation was mainly driven by race, not partisan politics. A lower federal court rejected that claim.

  • fartographer@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    And I’m not suggesting that California owes anyone an apology. I still think it was a bold choice. I know that this wasn’t an attempt to further corruption, rather to scare the powers that be into reigning things in. But, it kinda blew up in our faces a little bit.

    The Supreme Court realized our mistake and used it to advance the degradation of democracy. Which is what I was saying in my initial comment. They don’t care where the corruption comes from as long as they get to make things more corrupt.

    There is nothing to celebrate here, and I’m not suggesting there is. This legal blatant gerrymandering bullshit is a net loss for this country and our democracy.

    And that is the needle moving.