The Brief

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. The lawsuit asks the court for an injunction to block the Prop 50 maps at least temporarily so that California’s original map remain in effect for the 2026 midterms.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, argues that the new maps are unconstitutional because they improperly use voters’ race as a factor in drawing districts and as

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