"The California Republican Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block California from using the Proposition 50 congressional maps that voters approved in November while awaiting a decision by the nation's highest court on whether the maps are constitutional. The emergency application was filed Tuesday, Jan. 20, following a decision by a federal three-judge panel in Los Angeles last week, which, in a 2-1 ruling, said California can use the new, voter-approved U.S. House maps for the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans are appealing."
""California cannot create districts by race, and the state should not be allowed to lock in districts that break federal law," California Republican Party Chair Corrin Rankin said in a statement. "Our emergency application asks the Supreme Court to put the brakes on Prop. 50 now, before the Democrats try to run out the clock and force candidates and voters to live with unconstitutional congressional districts," she added."
California Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block use of Proposition 50 congressional maps approved by voters in November pending a decision on constitutionality. The emergency application was filed Jan. 20 after a federal three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that California can use the new U.S. House maps for the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans are appealing and asked Justice Elena Kagan to issue an injunction to reinstate the 2021 congressional maps while the Supreme Court hears the appeal. They allege the new maps are illegal because they considered race and were drawn to favor Latino voters and requested an injunction by Feb. 9 because of the candidate filing period.
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