{"id":57268,"date":"2025-11-19T20:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-happens-to-californias-redistricting-after-texas-congressional-maps-were-struck-down-in-court\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:41:14","slug":"what-happens-to-californias-redistricting-after-texas-congressional-maps-were-struck-down-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-happens-to-californias-redistricting-after-texas-congressional-maps-were-struck-down-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to California&#8217;s redistricting after Texas&#8217; congressional maps were struck down in court?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom said California&#8217;s redistricting was in response to Texas&#8217; rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn&#8217;t mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-congressional-map-2026-judge-blocks\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">blocked the state&#8217;s recently redrawn<\/a><\/span> congressional map from going into effect for the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s court ruling came weeks after California voters formally approved a ballot measure that was introduced to counteract Texas&#8217; redistricting \u2014 but lawmakers removed the trigger language from the ballot measure. Without the trigger language, changes to California&#8217;s districts are unlikely. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donald Trump and Greg Abbott played with fire, got burned and democracy won,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1990871428913377462?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsom wrote on X<\/a> Tuesday following the court ruling. &#8220;This ruling is a win for Texas, and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Mitchell, whose firm was hired to draw California&#8217;s congressional districts, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paulmitche11\/status\/1990854493546615233?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted on social media<\/a> that the maps will be staying in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The trigger language was removed in the legislative process as it was clear that TX was redistricting. So, even if their map is invalidated\/postponed, the Prop 50 maps stay in place,&#8221; Mitchell wrote. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Texas lawmakers redrew their congressional maps in a rare mid-decade redistricting effort, kicked off after President Trump pushed for new congressional district boundaries that could help secure five Republican-friendly seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move set off a redistricting battle across the U.S., with\u00a0 Newsom \u2014- a potential 2028 presidential candidate \u2014\u00a0 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-supreme-court-declines-to-stop-newsoms-redistricting-plan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">leading an effort<\/a><\/span> to neutralize potential Republican gains in Texas by redrawing California&#8217;s own congressional lines to net up to five seats for Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In August, California lawmakers <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-redistricting-gavin-newsom-vote\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">approved several bills<\/a><\/span> to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional map to potentially make five Republican-held congressional districts more favorable to Democrats. Because the measures required changes to the state&#8217;s constitution, they had to be put before voters in a special election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, California voters <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-redistricting-prop-50-newsom-democrats-trump-consequences\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50<\/a><\/span>, setting the stage for newly-drawn congressional maps for the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<h2>California lawmakers removed trigger clause<\/h2>\n<p>When California state lawmakers had initially introduced their redistricting legislation, it included a trigger clause under which California would only redraw its congressional map in response to a similar move by a Republican state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under that trigger language, California&#8217;s redistricting map would &#8220;become operative only if Texas, Florida, or another state adopts a new congressional district map that takes effect after Aug. 1, 2025, and before Jan. 1, 2031, and such redistricting is not required by a federal court order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billVersionsCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACA8&amp;cversion=20250ACA898AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">trigger clause<\/a> was removed just before California lawmakers voted on the redistricting bills. Without that trigger language, as it stands now, the Texas ruling does not impact California&#8217;s redrawn map.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During an August press conference, Newsom was asked if California would move forward with Proposition 50 even if a court were to strike down Texas&#8217; maps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re moving forward,&#8221; Newsom responded. &#8220;Texas moved forward. Texas acted. Texas is moving forward. You&#8217;re suggesting, people are suggesting. Texas is not going to move forward because of what we just did? Come on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/justice-department-california-congressional-map-lawsuit\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has sued California<\/a><\/span> over its new congressional lines. A hearing is scheduled for Dec 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Trump administration denounced the ruling striking down Texas&#8217; maps. Texas on Tuesday afternoon appealed the ruling striking down its maps to the U.S. Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly disagree with today&#8217;s district court ruling on Texas&#8217;s redistricting map &#8211; Texas&#8217;s map was drawn the right way for the right reasons,&#8221; Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1990896582745555273?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pam Bondi wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;We look forward to Texas&#8217;s victory at the Supreme Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a dispute over <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-voting-rights-louisiana-v-callais-congressional-map\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Louisiana&#8217;s congressional map <\/a><\/span>and whether race can be used as a factor when drawing districts. In October, justices appeared poised to weaken a key provision, Section 2, of the Voting Rights Act that has allowed the consideration of race when drawing districts, and has been used to ensure minority voters have the opportunity to elect their preferred candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This could lead to more redistricting efforts as states eliminate race as a factor for their standing congressional voting lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is terribly disturbing that this is where we are at,&#8221; Texas Democratic state Rep. Ramon Romero told CBS News. &#8220;A point where communities that have been so grossly underrepresented for basically our entirety of the history of our country and now that there&#8217;s growth in opportunity, there&#8217;s growth in education, there&#8217;s growth in representation, those wealthy billionaires that are manipulating our country for their benefit have won at the expense of so many families and people of color.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Romero was among the Texas lawmakers who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-democratic-legislators-flee-state-to-protest-gops-redistricting-plan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">broke quorum in August<\/a><\/span> by leaving the state in attempts to block the GOP-backed congressional maps. Though he says today&#8217;s ruling was a victory for Democrats, much remains to be determined after the Supreme Court weighs in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The timing of a Supreme Court decision is unknown, but the clock is ticking for Texas. Congressional candidates have until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/elections\/candidates\/guide\/2026\/demorrep2026.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dec. 8<\/a> to file to run for next year&#8217;s midterm election and appear on the primary ballot set for March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-redistricting-court-ruling-california-prop-50\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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