The California Supreme Court denied a petition by Republican state legislators to block Proposition 50 from the November ballot, rejecting an effort to halt a mid-decade congressional redistricting election. Petitioners — Sens. Tony Strickland and Suzette Martinez Valladares and Assemblymembers Tri Ta and Kate Sanchez — argued the planned special election would violate the state Constitution and compromise voter representation. The Republican filing followed an earlier, similarly unsuccessful petition. Petitioners described the court's refusal as an abdication of checks and balances and warned that passage of Prop 50 would allow Democrats and the governor to redraw maps without accountability.
The California Supreme Court has once again rejected a lawsuit brought by Republican legislators seeking to squash Democrats' attempt to redraw the state's congressional maps ahead of next year's midterm elections. The court denied the petition on Wednesday, Aug. 27 just two days after GOP members of the state legislature asked it to block Proposition 50, a mid-decade congressional redistricting measure, from appearing on the Nov. 4 ballot. Republicans argued that the planned special election violates the state Constitution and would compromise voter representation.
The Supreme Court's abdication of its responsibility to be a checks and balance on the other branches of the government, let alone deny the opportunity to even hear the arguments being made, undermines voter confidence and sets a terrifying precedent that the governor and a willing legislature can blatantly disregard and violate the constitution at will, without the fear of any accountability or punishment.
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