Truth be told, when California Governor Gavin Newsom announced back on July 31 that he was going to pursue a constitutional amendment to retaliate against Donald Trump ’s Texas gerrymandering power grab , I was very skeptical it could work.

First of all, it involved firing at a moving target. Though there was never any doubt Texas Republicans would do as they were told, the actual new congressional map wasn’t finally put into place until the end of August, nearly a month after Newsom made his move. Second of all, the time frame was really constrained: any proposed amendment had to clear the California legislature almost instantly, and then survive legal challenges. Third of all, the non-partisan citizens redistricting commission that Newsom wanted to push aside was well-establis

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