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Supreme Court Makes Huge Decision On California’s New Congressional Map The Supreme Court last week ordered California Democrats to respond within a week to a Republican-backed request seeking to block the state’s newly drawn congressional maps from being used in the 2026 elections. The move, issued by Justice Elena Kagan, who is handling the emergency injunction request, caught many court watchers off guard. Given the court’s recent decision to allow Texas Republicans to keep their mid-decade redistricting plan, most expected the justices to let California’s Democrat-drawn map stand without intervention. California Republicans argue the new maps violate the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution by relying on race, rather than politics, to redraw at least one congressional district. The California Republican Party, joined by the Justice Department, filed the emergency application Tuesday, asking the high court to block the maps, which could threaten four to six Republican-held seats. The request does not guarantee the Supreme Court will take up the case. The justices are already considering a high-profile voting rights dispute out of Louisiana that could influence how the court views California’s map. Arguments in Louisiana v. Callais wrapped up in October, and a ruling is expected soon. That case centers on whether Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which added a second majority-Black district, amounts to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. Mark Meuser, an election law attorney with the Dhillon Law Group who filed the challenge on behalf of California Republicans, welcomed Kagan’s order requiring a response by Jan. 29. https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/supreme-court-makes-huge-decision-on-californias-new-congressional-map-trin/