Lawsuit Filed to Challenge New California Map : Roll Call Politics
Maybe the Democrats have learned from the past year and will plan to be in better shape state by state in 2020 so that redistricting doesn’t destroy them.
In anticipation of a lawsuit, the California Citizen Redistricting Commission had retained representation by July from the law firms Morrison Foerster and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Republicans are assured of losing seats under the map put in place by the state’s new commission, which replaced the partisan mapmaking process that had secured incumbent safety in decades past. Members of the party are also unhappy with the state Senate lines, which could be challenged through a lawsuit or referendum.
Under the new state law, any legal challenge would bypass the usual appeals process and proceed directly to the state Supreme Court.