California Supreme Court declines to stop Newsom's redistricting plan

Latest connected Texas, California redistricting

Latest quality connected the Texas, California redistricting fights 04:22

Washington — The California Supreme Court volition not forestall Democrats from moving guardant Thursday with a program to redraw legislature districts.

Republicans successful the Golden State had asked the state's precocious tribunal to measurement successful and temporarily artifact the redistricting efforts, arguing that Democrats — who are racing to enactment the program connected the ballot aboriginal this twelvemonth — had skirted a regularisation requiring authorities lawmakers to hold astatine slightest 30 days earlier passing recently introduced legislation.

But successful a ruling precocious Wednesday, the tribunal declined to act, penning that the Republican authorities lawmakers who filed the suit had "failed to conscionable their load of establishing a ground for alleviation astatine this time."

The California legislature is acceptable to ballot connected the redistricting program connected Thursday, which would nonstop the measure to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's table for approval.

Democratic authorities lawmakers successful California introduced a acceptable of bills to make caller territory boundaries successful a mode they anticipation would flip 5 legislature seats, a determination made successful effect to President Trump and Texas Republicans' push to reshape 5 legislature districts successful Texas to favour the GOP. Democratic authorities lawmakers successful California, who person a supermajority successful the legislature, privation to walk the bills instantly truthful they tin spot the connection successful beforehand of voters successful a Nov. 4 peculiar election

Democrats' connection successful California would effort to flip 5 of the state's 9 districts presently held by Republicans and marque them much affable for Democrats. California has 52 legislature districts. The changes whitethorn necessitate an amendment to California's authorities Constitution to override the autarkic committee that's presently liable for the state's redistricting process.

The conflict implicit territory lines whitethorn power the midterm elections adjacent year. Republicans clasp lone a slim bulk successful the House of Representatives, and they privation to clasp onto it, portion Democrats are aiming to instrumentality backmost the House. 

Newsom, a imaginable 2028 contender, has been starring the charge.

"Look, what we're doing neuters, neutralizes what's happening successful Texas," Newsom told reporters Wednesday. "People person this accidental with this ballot — Nov. 4 — is basal up to the regularisation of law, basal up for coequal branches of government, basal up to, yes,  Donald Trump, but besides basal up successful the tone that defines this infinitesimal to radical being bullied and radical being intimidated."

In a connection to CBS News, the GOP authorities lawmakers who sued implicit the redistricting program said the Supreme Court's ruling is "not the extremity of this fight."

"We volition proceed to situation this unconstitutional powerfulness drawback successful the courts and astatine the ballot box. Californians merit fair, transparent elections, not concealed backroom deals to support politicians," the connection read.