Supreme Court Allow New California Voting Map For Midterms
Source: Bloomberg News
By Madlin Mekelburg
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM PST
The US Supreme Court cleared California to use its new congressional map that favors Democrats during this year's midterm election, giving the party a pathway to neutralize anticipated Republican gains in the House due to new districts in Texas.
The justices on Wednesday denied a request from the California Republican party and the US Department of Justice to prevent the state from using its new voter-approved map on the grounds that it was racially gerrymandered and therefore illegal. California leaders have maintained that the new map was drawn purely to counteract the Republican redistricting in Texas and that race was not a factor.
The court denied the request without explanation or any noted dissent.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/supreme-court-allows-new-california-voting-map-for-midterms
After this Supreme Court allowed the Texas redistricting, there was no way for them to deny this without completely destroying the entire judicial branches credibility which they were already on that path.
The DOJ of course has shown just how completely corrupt they are under this administration.
Stick that up where the sun don't shine Abbott and Paxton, who have done nothing but hurt Texas.
róisín_dubh
(12,253 posts)Ketchup will be flying tonight
BumRushDaShow
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róisín_dubh
(12,253 posts)calimary
(89,275 posts)Miami Blue
(359 posts)Lets give Governor Gavin Newsom a big round of applause 👏🏻. He was skilled enough to run the extra mile to accomplish this for the good people of Cali.
quaint
(4,783 posts)Governor Newsom is an awesome leader!!!
2naSalit
(100,866 posts)BumRushDaShow
(167,017 posts)littlemissmartypants
(32,694 posts)Oligarch
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He endorsed Trump in March 2016.[111] When the Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording surfaced, Issa condemned Trump's remarks but did not rescind his endorsement.[112]
calimary
(89,275 posts)Although Id add bastard, schmuck, and fuckin ASSHOLE also. For accuracy.
BumRushDaShow
(167,017 posts)littlemissmartypants
(32,694 posts)sdfernando
(6,038 posts)Texas and run for a seat there....good riddance!!!! California will be so much better without that stench!!!
BumRushDaShow
(167,017 posts)lostincalifornia
(5,091 posts)timms139
(512 posts)MAGA nuts thinking great for red states but not for blue states. They seem to be the one group spewed from the anus of pure stupid .
orangecrush
(29,268 posts)Amazing.
SergeStorms
(20,192 posts)motor home this year!
No trip to the Vatican for the Scalia family this year!
Bluetus
(2,478 posts)I guess they couldn't think of a way to slice it any finer.
And the big picture is that the red states are already near max gerrymander. If they go any farther, they stand to lose "safe" seats. But places like California, Maryland, and Virginia have good room to gerrymander at much lower risk.
FakeNoose
(40,645 posts)This is a huge win, and it shows the way for all of us to solve this mess. It's going to be lot of work but we can do it....
LetMyPeopleVote
(176,494 posts)The high court previously approved Texas GOP-friendly map, which Californias 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 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 Californias 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 Californias map. Republicans appealed to the justices, leading to Wednesdays order.