California Republicans appeal to Supreme Court to block congressional maps

Republicans Take California Maps to the Supreme Court

California Republicans have urged the Supreme Court to block the state’s new congressional map, accusing state officials of gerrymandering. “California cannot create districts by race, and the state should not be allowed to lock in districts that break federal law,” California Republican Party Chairwoman Corrin Rankin said in a statement, as per KCRA3. “Our emergency application asks the Supreme Court to put the brakes on Prop. 50 now, before th…

CA GOP asks SCOTUS to block ‘unconstitutional’ Prop 50 maps

WASHINGTON, D.C. - California Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put the Democrats' new congressional maps on hold, arguing two Democrat-appointed judges reviewing the plan defied the Supreme Court and the facts of the case in allowing the…

California Republicans appeal to US Supreme Court to temporarily block redistricting

The California Republican Party filed an emergency petition to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday asking for a temporary injunction against Proposition 50, a ballot initiative passed by California voters in November to redistrict the state’s congressional map outside of its typical process. The appeal to Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees emergency petitions in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, requests the temporary restoration of the state’s pri…

California Republicans urge Supreme Court to strike congressional map as racially discriminatory

In December, the Supreme Court allowed Texas to use a new congressional map enacted to give Republicans five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, blocking a lower court’s ruling that the map unconstitutionally sorted voters based on race. On Tuesday night, Republicans came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to prohibit California from using a new map – adopted in response to Texas’ map – that added five Democratic seats …

California Lawmaker Files Emergency Injunction With SCOTUS Over Redistricting Map

Republican California Assemblyman David Tangipa told The Daily Signal he has filed an emergency injunction with the United States Supreme Court to challenge the Golden State’s new congressional map. Tangipa’s motion comes after The Daily Signal reported that Tangipa had the desire to bring the case before the Supreme Court after a federal district court refused to hear the case. “The Supreme Court should pick up this case as soon as possible,” T…

Republicans File Emergency Application Over Prop 50

YouTube@ABC10   The fight over Prop 50 continues.  The California Republican Party has filed an emergency application in the U-S Supreme Court to block the congressional district lines enacted through Prop 50.  They are asking the Ninth Circuit court to reinstate the 2021 California Redistricting Commission map while the case is litigated.  It asks the court to act by February 9th, citing the start of California’s candidate filing period.