How many ways is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandering illegal? It specifically violates what voters enacted by setting up an independent commission to handle redistricting. It violates the Voting Rights Act by disenfranchising white and Asian voters.
And it’s a constitutional amendment that’s being rushed out the door specifically in violation of state law.
When Newsom decided to gerrymander California to gain 94% control for his party, which represents only 45% of Californians, Democrats rushed to do his bidding by taking unrelated bills and filling them with his election rigging agenda without giving the public 30 days to review and comment on a constitutional amendment.
California Republicans appealed to the California Supreme Court which is pretty much like appealing to the weasels to stop the other weasels from raiding the henhouse. You can imagine how that went.
A lawsuit Monday by legislative Republicans contended the hastily drafted ballot measure, scheduled for votes in both houses on Thursday, has not been published long enough to meet the public-notice requirements in the state Constitution. But the court dismissed the suit Wednesday in a brief order with little explanation.
While California law does not allow legislative action on a proposed measure until 30 days after it has been introduced, Democrats apparently sidestepped that deadline with a longstanding practice known as “gut and amend” — taking over other legislation that had been pending for more than 30 days, erasing the contents and replacing them with the redistricting language.
The Republican lawmakers “have failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time under (the) California Constitution,” the court said. Six justices, all appointed by Democratic governors, endorsed the order, while Justice Carol Corrigan, the only Republican appointee, was absent and did not participate, the court said.
The ‘basis’ here is pretty obvious. So is the denial. There’s no rule of law in California. This is a corrupt banana republic and the state needs to be liberated the way that third world dictatorships do.
