California Republicans sue to block Proposition 50 after voters approved the redistricting measure
California Republicans aren’t taking Tuesday’s landslide victory for redistricting sitting down, instead announcing the morning after the statewide special election that they have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge Proposition 50.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs alleged the ballot measure violates the 14th and 15th amendments by unconstitutionally gerrymandering congressional districts to favor one race.
Although the U.S. Supreme Court has in the past permitted gerrymandered maps in l