It was as inevitable as it is stupid: The Department of Justice is putting its thumb on the scale in the redistricting wars, suing California over its redrawn congressional map. Silly California! Only red states can redistrict mid-decade for partisan gain. It’s right there in the Constitution. Or not.

The DOJ has joined a lawsuit brought earlier this month by California Republicans who were sad over Proposition 50, the ballot measure that voters handily approved earlier this month and that allows California to redraw its House map.

As a bonus, California Republicans had even hired the Dhillon Law Group to handle their suit! Yes, as in the firm founded by Harmeet Dhillon, who now heads the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ—a gig she got because of her zeal to suppress votes.

Well, not whi

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