SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A group of California Republicans on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the passage of Prop. 50, alleging the redrawing of the congressional districts to favor Democrats is unconstitutional.

Assemblyman David Tangipa (R-Sacramento), the California Republican Party, and 18 voters are suing, alleging that the proposition, pushed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, violates the 14th and 15th amendments. They are asking for an injunction before the maps go into effect.

The plaintiffs are represented by the Dhillon Law Group, founded by Harmeet Dhillon of San Francisco, who is now the assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice under President Donald Trump.

"We have filed this lawsuit because the map enacted in Proposition 50, Ca

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