US EditionDOJ urges Supreme Court to block California map, calls Newsom-backed plan a racial gerrymander
The Department of Justice urges the Supreme Court to halt California’s Prop 50 map citing unconstitutional racial gerrymandering in District 13, risking five Democratic seats.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice backed the California GOP’s emergency petition to halt Proposition 50, and Justice Elena Kagan ordered a state response by Jan. 29.
- Petitioners say District 13 was drawn with race as the predominant factor, citing Paul Mitchell, outside mapmaker, who acknowledged `bolstering` Latino districts in the Central Valley.
- The DOJ offered three alternative maps that meet California’s partisan goals without segregating voters by race, and Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued respondents do not contend California can satisfy strict scrutiny.
- The petitioners asked the court to rule by Feb. 9 to preserve the existing map for the filing window, as allowing Proposition 50 would likely net Democrats up to five U.S. House seats.
- Earlier rulings and dissenting opinions in the Texas dispute shape the broader legal context for this appeal, while election law experts express skepticism about the late, broad Republican challenge in California.
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