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ancianita

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10. It might not affect CA, because unlike TX, CA by state referendum of The People allowed a temporary suspension of CA's

Reply to groundloop (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 02:38 PM

20 hrs ago

districting commission. TX doesn't allow for referenda.

There is a DOJ suit filed four days ago against CA, though, after TX Republicans suit against CA was dismissed.
But there's also yet another Republican suit on appeal to the SCOTUS. ( I THINK these are two different suits, though I haven't checked the Democracy Docket's timeline.)

Since CA has the permission of CA citizens, the DOJ probably won't win this one. If SCOTUS were to overturn the CA referendum -- as the maga six would likely try to come up with some new "doctrine" about a state temporarily suspending its districting commission -- the ruling, imo, would effectively end US Constitutional rights of states to run their own elections.

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