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California Supreme Court Gives Gavin Newsom Green Light to Gerrymander
Breitbart ^ | August 21, 2025 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 08/21/2025 6:51:01 AM PDT by Red Badger

The California Supreme Court, dominated six-to-one by Democratic appointees, rejected a Republican challenge to the legality of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) attempt to redraw the state’s congressional districts Wednesday.

The court said that it was all right for Democrats in the state legislature to evade a 30-day minimum for new legislative proposals by replacing the text of existing bills with the gerrymandering language.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported:

The state Supreme Court opened the door Wednesday to plans by Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats to redraw California’s congressional districts in a gerrymander designed to pick up five seats, rejecting a Republican legal challenge.

A lawsuit Monday by legislative Republicans contended the hastily drafted ballot measure, scheduled for votes in both houses on Thursday, has not been published long enough to meet the public-notice requirements in the state Constitution. But the court dismissed the suit Wednesday in a brief order with little explanation.

While California law does not allow legislative action on a proposed measure until 30 days after it has been introduced, Democrats apparently sidestepped that deadline with a longstanding practice known as “gut and amend” — taking over other legislation that had been pending for more than 30 days, erasing the contents and replacing them with the redistricting language.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: authoritarianism; caliauthoritarians
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Of course they did.....................
1 posted on 08/21/2025 6:51:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
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California Dems already gerrymandered. This just gives them the greenlight to gerrymander to a ridiculous level.


2 posted on 08/21/2025 6:51:52 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Red Badger

Gee, we may lose California at this rate.


3 posted on 08/21/2025 6:53:27 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
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To: Red Badger

So now it’s Florida’s turn to counter Newscum.


4 posted on 08/21/2025 6:53:35 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

It may backfire on them. In order to try to gerrymander even more, they will have to weaken some currently solid D seats, that could then easily flip to R next year (especially true if the economy is good and mail-in voting forbidden).


5 posted on 08/21/2025 6:54:27 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Red Badger

I saw the picture of this bunch. It looks like the cast of that “Naked and Afraid” show. ROTFL! They DNC definitely owned this bunch and they’ve been weaponized.


6 posted on 08/21/2025 6:56:03 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialist communism, but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Ludicrous Speed Gerrymandering..............


7 posted on 08/21/2025 6:56:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
This just gives them the greenlight to gerrymander to a ridiculous level.

Yep, contiguous districts will stretch far and wid and they will all have on similarity - they will no longer represent the people in the district because the district incorporates too many different things. IOW, no farming districts or city districts - just districts that are based on historic party outcomes.

8 posted on 08/21/2025 6:57:42 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

People and businesses are leaving cali in droves.....most recently Bed Bath and Beyond.

Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis announced on Wednesday that the company won’t open or operate retail stores in California due to higher taxes, higher fees and higher wages coupled with “endless regulations that strangle growth.

Keep voting democrat California......your on the road to being one of the poorest states.


9 posted on 08/21/2025 6:59:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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Texas is going to have to go after five more seats. The Californians don’t have enough not RAT seats left to beat the Texas. LOL! They’ll be like the Communistwealth of Massatuschitz. They are already solid blue.


10 posted on 08/21/2025 6:59:18 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialist communism, but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Red Badger
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government
US Const., Art. IV, Sec 4.

America and its Free Constitutional Republic of limited and representative gov't are a systematic assault on democracy and its tyranny of the majority and unlimited gov't.

This is a federal issue and should be overturned by the U.S. Suprme Court.

11 posted on 08/21/2025 7:00:44 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim W N

Exactly.


12 posted on 08/21/2025 7:11:03 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Just another reason for more people to leave California. And they will.


13 posted on 08/21/2025 7:12:44 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ProudDeplorable

Yup


14 posted on 08/21/2025 7:13:55 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: Red Badger

The court said that it was all right for Democrats in the state legislature to

Illegally

evade a 30-day minimum for new legislative proposals by replacing the text of existing bills.

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Judiciary bought and sold lock stock and barrel by communist China for the East Beijing

( formerly known as Sacramento )

pseudo CCP triad California Democrat party ?

How mob boss daughter piglousy of them.


15 posted on 08/21/2025 7:14:56 AM PDT by cuz1961
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The California Supreme Court, dominated six-to-one by Democratic appointees.

I would have been shocked had they rejected the redistricting map.

It will most likely be approved by California voters b/c the base is made up of idiot voters and illegals with a healthy dose of vote fraud.

Exactly how Newsom beat a recall.

16 posted on 08/21/2025 7:17:57 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: Red Badger

Agree California is a waste land beyond being saved.


17 posted on 08/21/2025 7:18:42 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger

The only way Commiefornia legislators can increase their level of gerrymandering is to outlaw the Republican Party.


18 posted on 08/21/2025 7:24:11 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again! )
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To: Red Badger

Elections have consequences, we learned that from Obama and Biden.

Rigged elections have bigger consequences. In California, it’s been rigged for awhile. They need to re-district, cheat, get illegals voting, and do the fake ballot thing, as well as steal mail in ballots, to keep the Democrats in power. Once they bankrupt the State, and the State employees lose pensions, and people flee, it can be fixed. California just hasn’t gotten bad enough yet from a tax and services standpoint for the people there to overcome the things democrats have done.


19 posted on 08/21/2025 7:29:40 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: Pete Dovgan

“The only way to defeat a liberal is to give them everything they want.” - Anonymous.................


20 posted on 08/21/2025 7:31:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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