The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration.
No justices dissented from the brief order denying the appeal without explanation, which is common on the court’s emergency docket.
The justices had previously allowed Texas’ Republican-friendly map to be used in 2026, despite a lower-court ruling that it likely discriminates on the basis of race.
The supreme court cannot in good faith invalidate their previous ruling because then they lose plausible deniability on their bias.
SC®OTUS does not up operate in good faith.
Yeah, but they’re not ready to rule blatantly enough to make it obvious even to the normies yet.