The U.S. Supreme Court has stepped into a heated battle over California’s newly drawn congressional district maps, ordering state Democrats to justify their redistricting plan by Jan. 29.
On Thursday, Justice Elena Kagan issued a directive giving California Democrats one week to respond to an emergency request from the California Republican Party to block the maps for the November 2026 elections, while the California GOP, backed by the Justice Department, claims the maps violate the Voting Rights Act over racial considerations in at least one district, a contention rejected by a federal court on Jan. 14.
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