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Donald Trump said the Department of Justice will sue California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to draw a new congressional map.
Newsom, a Democrat and 2028 presidential contender, promptly responded on social media: “BRING IT.”
Trump has praised a similar effort by Texas Republican legislators to codify a new map that would give the GOP an even greater advantage in key House seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
Redistricting California was the reason why Dems in Texas capitulated to Republicans and returned to the state to allow them to have a quorum and pass their redistricting plan. Now it looks like they’ll potentially get absolutely nothing out of the deal after giving Republicans everything they wanted. How unsurprising. That seems to be the running theme for the “opposition party” these days.
Gotta think a little further, CmdrShepard49. If the DOJ brings California to court, then whatever decision the court makes will also set a precedent for what happened in Texas. You best believe that if the courts strike down California’s attempt at redistricting, then Texas will be next.
Perhaps, but you should also remember that SCOTUS ruled in July that federal courts can not issue nationwide injunctions and that rulings now only apply to the specific parties named in a specific case, meaning that if Dems in California lose their case, that ruling only applies to them and cannot be applied toward Texas unless SCOTUS says so.
https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2025/07/supreme-court-substantially-limits-universal-injunctions
A nationwide injunction may not be issued as easily, but the precedence does still matter in a case like this.
And California is moving forward. The object was to make sure people knew texas went full fascist. The plan is to fight their stupid games with more stupid games… the fun part is its all stupid! Cause when you play those games all the prizes are stupid… I just want to have the circus leave town cause I’m tired of clowns.
I was kinda shocked when they were done doing their fund raising protest only to delay it a couple of weeks. “We tried”. I haven’t looked, but did they release the map and several Dems said “oh it’s not my district, I’m coming back.”