GOP Lawmakers Allege “Unconstitutional” Power Grab as Part of Escalating National Battle Over Congressional Maps

A group of California’s Republican lawmakers has filed a lawsuit with the state’s Supreme Court, seeking to block a Democratic-led effort to fast-track a new congressional map for a November special election. The suit, filed Tuesday, is the latest front in a widening national conflict over redistricting, ignited by a recent Texas Republican move to create five new GOP seats.

The lawsuit, spearheaded by four Republican state lawmakers and represented by the Dhillon Law Group, contends that the Democrats’ plan is an “unconstitutional” effort to bypass the state’s established redistricting process.

The core of their argument is that the Democratic-controlled Legislature is atte

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