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The California Supreme Court denied Republicans’ injunction request to halt Governor Gavin Newsom’s and Democrats’ redistricting scheme late Wednesday. The legislature is expected Thursday to pass the 3-measure package on Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly Bill 604.
Remember that this is the same California Supreme Court which removed the Taxpayer Protection Act from the 2024 ballot, legally tampering with direct democracy and our initiative process. The Taxpayer Protection Act was a citizens initiative that collected more than 1.4 million signature from Californians qualifying it for the ballot. The measure would have made it harder for state and local politicians to impose costly and unfair tax hikes.
The unprecedented move confirmed that the appointees to the California Supreme Court were chosen to provide cover for California’s corrupt Democrat politicians.
The Globe reported Republican lawmakers and the Dhillon Law Group announced on Tuesday an emergency petition filed with the California Supreme Court to stop Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders from rushing through an unconstitutional redistricting plan without the 30–day public review period required by the California Constitution.
Attorney Michael A. Columbo with the Dhillon Law Group was joined by the petition’s plaintiffs: Senator Tony Strickland, Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares, Assemblyman Tri Ta and Assemblyman Carl DeMaio.
The lawmakers vowed to keep fighting in court in this joint statement:
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is not the end of this fight. Although the Court denied our petition, it did not explain the reason for its ruling. This means Governor Newsom and the Democrats’ plan to gut the voter-created Citizens Redistricting Commission, silence public input, and stick taxpayers with a $200+ million bill will proceed. Polls show most Democrats, Republicans, and independents want to keep the commission, not give politicians the power to rig maps. We will continue to challenge this unconstitutional power grab in the courts and at the ballot box. Californians deserve fair, transparent elections, not secret backroom deals to protect politicians.”
The Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandate filed with the California Supreme Court challenged the Legislature’s attempt to bypass the California Constitution’s 30–day public review requirement by “gutting and amending” unrelated bills (AB 604 and SB 280) into sweeping redistricting legislation without giving Californians the time guaranteed by law to review and deliberate.
The petition sought immediate relief to halt legislative action on this unconstitutional measure until the public’s right to review has been honored.
“To no one’s surprise, the liberal justices of the California Supreme Court are siding with the politicians that appointed them rather than the citizens,” Assemblyman Carl DeMaio said. “While we will continue to fight in court, it is clear the PEOPLE must protect their power at the ballot box by saving the Citizens’ Independent Redistricting process from this attack by politicians.”
Wednesday Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (75th District), Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher, Senator Tony Strickland (36th District), and Assemblywoman Leticia Castillo (58th District) called for a federal criminal investigation into Governor Gavin Newsom and CA Democrat legislators corrupt redistricting scheme.
DeMaio also announced Monday he is filing a citizens’ initiative to impose what he openly describes as a “poison pill” ban on any state legislator from seeking any elected office for the next 10 years if they vote this week in favor of nullifying the independent citizens redistricting commission or its existing non-partisan election maps.
“The state constitution already bans Independent Citizens’ Redistricting Commissioners from seeking elected office for 10 years – so if the politicians want to illegally seize back redistricting power from the citizens, it is only fitting that the ban against benefitting personally from those maps be imposed on them,” DeMaio said.
But, the maps were also tweaked Friday through Monday, yet Democrats refuse to say who made the changes.
As Assemblyman DeMaio said in the morning press conference, the maps were drawn by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), “which is not even a registered lobbyist,” DeMaio noted. “How much money was paid to Paul Mitchell, who boasted that he had a team of 8 people” working with him. Mitchell is drawing the new districts for the governor, the Globe reported.
While Democrats keep repeating “this is the most transparent process,” they still won’t answer the most basic questions, Assembly Republicans said.
“Why won’t Democrats say who drew the maps? Maybe it’s because ‘three sources close to the situation told KCRA 3 the Democratic leader of the California Senate, Mike McGuire, had one of the new, targeted districts drawn specifically for him in exchange for his support of the redistricting plan.’”
“Dozens of different map versions were reviewed before the current version was introduced. Why did they change? Did someone not like the way lines were drawn in their area and ask for them to be changed? And more importantly, did they say they must be changed to secure their vote?”
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Author: Katy Grimes
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