{"id":143575,"date":"2026-01-21T20:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143575\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:41:06","slug":"california-republicans-appeal-to-us-supreme-court-to-temporarily-block-redistricting-jurist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143575\/","title":{"rendered":"California Republicans appeal to US Supreme Court to temporarily block redistricting – JURIST"},"content":{"rendered":"

The California Republican Party filed<\/a> an emergency petition to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday asking for a temporary injunction against Proposition 50<\/a>, a ballot initiative passed by California voters in November to redistrict the state\u2019s congressional map outside of its typical process.<\/p>\n

The appeal to Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees emergency petitions in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, requests the temporary restoration of the state\u2019s prior congressional map while the case is being adjudicated. It argues that the current status of the congressional map is significant because candidates must file their candidacies for the proper district by February 9. The petition\u00a0asserts that Proposition 50 is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment<\/a>, which states that no state shall \u201cdeny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.\u201d California Republicans claim that the state\u2019s redistricting efforts are predominantly about increasing Latino voting power in the state, violating the prohibition against using race to redistrict.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The petition\u2019s evidence of racial intent includes statements from the mapmaker and legislators regarding the use of race. For example, it references a statement by the mapmaker, Paul Mitchell, that he drew the map to \u201censure that Latino districts \u2026 are bolstered in order to make them more effective, particularly in the Central Valley.\u201d Legislator statements include remarks that Proposition 50 would offset racial gerrymandering in other states. California Republicans further argued that Proposition 50 drew a district that strengthened Latino voting power in a way that resulted in less Democratic support than was possible, demonstrating the intent was racial rather than partisan.<\/p>\n

The complaint<\/a> was initially filed in the District Court for the Central District of California in November 2025. The map was upheld by a three judge panel which found<\/a> that Proposition 50 was motivated by partisanship and not race, a permissible distinction under the 14th Amendment. The panel asserted that Proposition 50 was an attempt to offset a partisan advantage that Texas redistricting efforts created, which initiated<\/a> a battle among states to redraw their congressional districts. The panel further ruled that because Proposition 50 was a ballot initiative, the intent of the voters rather than the mapmaker or legislators was the deciding factor. California Republicans reject this argument on appeal.<\/p>\n

California Republican Party Chairwoman Corrin Rankin said<\/a> \u201cCalifornians deserve fair districts and clean elections, not a backroom redraw that picks winners and losers based on race.\u201d In contrast, California Governor Gavin Newsom praised<\/a> the three judge panel\u2019s ruling, stating \u201cRepublican\u2019s weak attempt to silence voters failed. Californians overwhelmingly voted in favor of Prop 50 \u2013 to respond to Trump\u2019s rigging in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The California Republican Party filed an emergency petition to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday asking for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-143575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}