Thursday, February 05, 2026

Supreme Court Upholds California PROP 50

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress.

Posted by LegallyYourDead at 07:32 PM | 23 COMMENTS | permalink

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The Supreme Court's one-line decision in the California Prop 50 gerrymandering case went the right way, but it hides a larger truth. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan ...

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-- Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) Feb 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM

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"California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress."

Really the biggest counter-punch yet to the Trump tyranny.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-04 02:58 PM

This will infuriate the daughter-boning, child-raping sack of Putin's ------.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-04 03:16 PM

18 state legislatures are under full Democratic control (both chambers and the governorship), while 28 are under full Republican control, and 4 have split control.

So I doubt they're actually mad about it.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-02-04 06:53 PM

Supreme Court UPHOLDS California PROP 50

No make it permanent. Blue states ending gerrymandering without red states agreeing to do the same was the height of stupidity.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-04 07:39 PM

Texas started it, without a statewide vote.

California countered, with a statewide vote.

Which state is more democratic? (lower-case "d" intentional)

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-05 08:12 PM


California countered, with a statewide vote.

Which state is more democratic? (lower-case "d" intentional)
#5 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

The US is a Representative Democracy, not a Democratic Representative.

The idea isn't that the most votes in the State get to draw up the representative map. If this were the case, then why all the lawsuits about minority representation in Texas that kicked off this whole process?

California is the least representative democracy state in the Union. There has been more than a handful of propositions that have passed, and the Governor won't fund it, or the Judical branch has ruled them illegal. Today the debt of the State is directly tied to this judicial ruling.

California voted for new water projects, all but one has been cancelled. Where did the money go?
www.latimes.com

The Democracy in CA voted to have a bipartisan commission to draw up the representative maps. When things got tough California abandoned it and voted to have tyranny of the majority, much like the State Assembly/Senate.

BTW: California will lose Representatives in 2030 to Texas and Florida, because California government is nothing but a taxation machine.

California is what I would call tyranny of the majority, the irony is 40% of the voters are Republican.

Finally I don't understand why America has a "winner take all" geographic representative system, it should be proportional to the ideas.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-05 08:29 PM

Personally, I don't understand why a completely fake troll sock puppet is allowed to post anywhere. IP trace, anyone?

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-05 08:41 PM

@#6 ... The idea isn't that the most votes in the State get to draw up the representative map. ...

The Supreme Court ruled that it is, in its acceptance of the California districting.

What else yer trolling current alias got?



#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-05 08:41 PM

"When things got tough California abandoned it "

That's a ------- lie, lil' Jeffy. VOTERS (remember them?) VOTED TO COUNTER TEXAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL POWER GRAB.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-05 08:43 PM

"California is the least representative democracy state in the Union. There has been more than a handful of propositions that have passed, and the Governor won't fund it, or the Judical branch has ruled them illegal. "

Any IDIOT, even YOU, can pay people to get signatures and put anything on the ballot. TOO BAD WHEN IT'S FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, but then you ------- MAGAT pedophiles really don't give a ---- about the Constitution, now do you?

YOU ------- PEDOPHILE

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-05 08:44 PM

"California is the least representative democracy state in the Union."

That's a compliment, coming from you.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-05 09:16 PM

Trump mentioned California would be a #1 target for ICE agent to surround voting stations. I wonder if Gov. Newsom would call in the U.S. Army National Guard to counter-protect the voting stations.

And who would have rank when it comes down to Army tanks vs ICE black SUVs?

Actually, I'm hoping to see those Army water cannons again. That would be a sight to behold.

#12 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-05 10:47 PM

Actually, I'm hoping to see those Army water cannons again. That would be a sight to behold.

#12 | POSTED BY TWINPAC

Actually they'd be doing the world a favor as ICE/proudboys/Magat's rarely shower.

#13 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-02-06 12:43 AM

A MONSON

I was beginning to wonder if they slept in all those bulky uniforms and canisters strapped to their bodies.

And where does Trump house and feed 2000 ICE agents (at taxpayer's expense)?

They have to eat and sleep someplace.

#14 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-06 01:13 AM

@#13 ... Actually they'd be doing the world a favor as ICE/proudboys/Magat's rarely shower. ...

Ya think?


Perhaps those 700 ICE agents now pulled out of Minneapolis are returning to their basement abodes of their parents' houses? After not being paid for their service/ingratiation by Pres Trump.

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 01:26 AM

And where does Trump house and feed 2000 ICE agents (at taxpayer's expense)?

Wherever he can make money from it.

#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-06 01:57 AM

LAMP

"After not being paid for their service/ingratiation by Pres Trump."

The $$$$ signs were blocking the fine print.

The deal is they don't get that $50,000 bonus until AFTER they work for a a full 5 years.

We all know how that's going to turn out. SUCKERS!

#17 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-06 03:00 AM

@#17

The ICE agents may not have read the fine print of the contracts they agreed to?

Oh, the horror.


/s

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 03:20 AM

LAMP

"The ICE agents may not have read the fine print of the contracts they agreed to?"

LOL ~ Their eyes were blinded by the blinking neon $$$$ signs.

#19 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-06 05:28 AM

Finally I don't understand why America has a "winner take all" geographic representative system, it should be proportional to the ideas.

Slave states wanted it that way and is why they created the electoral college.

#20 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-06 08:59 AM

Personally, I don't understand why a completely fake troll sock puppet is allowed to post anywhere. IP trace, anyone?

#7 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

What?

You don't enjoy being lectured about a country you grew up in by a self professed Chinese Communist Spy who comes here with the express intention of disrupting and dividing Americans even further??

Well! I never!

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-06 12:01 PM

Oh. And you are welcome America.

Also ... The 54 lawsuits California has filed within the first year of the second term indicate a faster pace than the first, with many focusing on executive orders.

Attorney General Rob Bonta reports an 80% success rate in legal actions, including 12 final rulings and 35 preliminary injunctions or emergency reliefs as of January 2026.

During the first term, California filed 123 lawsuits, winning approximately two-thirds of the cases that reached a resolution.

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-06 12:14 PM

The $$$$ signs were blocking the fine print.

#23 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-07 09:47 AM

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