Lawyers argue Legislature violated constitution bypassing independent redistricting commission, and asks voters to vote on two separate issues
California Republicans announced at a press conference Monday they have filed an emergency Writ of Mandate with the California Supreme Court to stop the special election currently scheduled for November 4th because the California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom violated the California Constitution in putting this ballot initative on the ballot.
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Last Thursday, the legislature passed the 3-measure package on Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly Bill 604.
Prior to passage of the three measures, Republican lawmakers and the Dhillon Law Group filed an emergency petition filed with the California Supreme Court to stop Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders from rushing through the unconstitutional redistricting plan without the 30–day public review period required by the California Constitution, the Globe reported.
The California Supreme Court denied Republicans’ injunction request to halt Governor Gavin Newsom’s and Democrats’ redistricting scheme late Wednesday.
Attorney Michael A. Columbo with the Dhillon Law Group was joined Monday by two of the the petition’s plaintiffs: Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) and Assemblyman Tri Ta (R-Orange County) at the press conference, along with Corrin Rankin, the Chairwoman of the California Republican Party.
Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares and Assemblyman Carl DeMaio are the other elected legislators plaintiffs.
The people already decided that politicians shouldn’t draw their own districts, Attorney Columbo said at the press conference. “Not only does Respondent’s redistricting gambit violate every one of these core constitutional restrictions, but they also rammed this complex scheme comprising hundreds of pages of data through the Legislature in just 4 days, in violation of the Constitution’s Article IV, § 8(a) requirement for 30 days’ public notice of new legislation,” Columbo said.
enator Strickland addressed the single-subject rule violation: “Based on the two different questions in the bill. I’d vote differently on each,” he said, showing the obvious conflict. “The time to decide is election time, not rigging elections.”
He also posited that the “temporary” suspension of the independent California Redistricting Commission won’t be temporary at all “once politicians get that power.”
“We already have the Gold Standard [with the independent California Redistricting Commission]: hundreds of hearings over months, with the goal to keep cities and counties together.”
Assemblyman Tri Ta tied the issue to his own immigrant story: “I fled a country that never had free elections to come here for freedom. What happened last week on the Assembly floor was outrageous and a complete violation of the California Constitution. And now, on top of that, we are being forced to spend more than $200 million on a special election when Californians are asking for relief on affordability, crime, and homelessness.”
“This is not a Republican or Democrat issue,” California Republican Party Chairwoman Corrin Rankin said, emphasizing the nonpartisan nature of the lawsuit. “It’s about good governance. Californians overwhelmingly voted for transparency and an independent commission to stop politicians from drawing their own districts. What we see now are backroom deals made without voters’ knowledge, and that is wrong. Californians deserve better than to have their rights trampled in the dark.”
“This is not a Republican or Democrat issue,” California Republican Party Chairwoman Corrin Rankin said, emphasizing the nonpartisan nature of the lawsuit. “
Yep it is a Radical Socialist Party of Calif. issue.
Even the RSP whispers’ state that Slick and the rest have intended to wipe out what was left of Republican districts.
Mind numbed voters and enough illegals and a corrupted voter roll.
If you vote RSP (aka Dem) you really need a reality check.