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California's Prop 50 plans thrown into chaos after bombshell Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana: experts

California Post·Titus Wu·about 1 month ago
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A bombshell Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map and gutted the Voting Rights Act will have major ramifications for California’s gerrymandering fight over its own maps, multiple experts said in interviews with the California Post. It’s not just California’s newly gerrymandered, anti-Trump congressional maps that could be affected — even down-ballot maps for the statehouse to county seats and city councils may fall under scrutiny for racially-motivated district lines, one expert told the Post. “It changes redistricting law substantially and will likely impact most every corner of California,” said Matt Rexroad, president of firm Redistricting Insights, who has done redistricting for governments across the state. Matt Rexroad, president of firm Redistricting Insights Matt Rexroad/LinkedIn The new ruling struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, finding the Pelican State unconstitutionally added a second majority-black House district.…

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