The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court this week to halt California’s use of a new congressional map that would wipe out multiple GOP-held seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
The California GOP filed an emergency petition to the high court earlier this week, asking the Supreme Court to halt the use of the new congressional map temporarily, which was approved by Golden State voters last November, arguing it is an unlawful racial gerrymander. The DOJ threw its support behind the California Republican Party’s petition, saying in a filing to the high court on Thursday that the new map “suffers from a fatal constitutional flaw” of a racially gerrymandered district.
“The mapmaker himself confirmed as much. In public statements, he candidly admitted that he drew district
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