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<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8918685" data-attributes="member: 683408">Ahhh, It&#039;s &quot;Unconstitutional&quot; if California does it and it&#039;s not in HIS favor, but perfectly fine if Texas does it and it IS in his favor.Funny how that works, huh?[ATTACH=full]70166[/ATTACH]The Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to block the new congressional map adopted by California voters in November. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A839/392481/20260122134919656_25A839_Tangipa_USA_resp_iso_appl_FILE.pdf" target="_blank">told the justices</a> that the map, which the state says was intended to create five new Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in response to the creation of five new Republican seats in Texas, “is tainted by an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”The filing came just under two months after the Trump administration <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A608/385502/20251124100509186_25A608_USA_amicus_iso_stay_FILE.pdf" target="_blank">submitted a brief</a> supporting a request by Texas to be able to implement its new map, after a lower court had ruled that the map unconstitutionally sorted voters based on race. In December, the justices <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a608_7khn.pdf" target="_blank">granted Texas’ request</a>, over a dissent by the court’s three Democratic appointees.Typical right-wing hypocrisy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8918685, member: 683408"] Ahhh, It's "Unconstitutional" if California does it and it's not in HIS favor, but perfectly fine if Texas does it and it IS in his favor. Funny how that works, huh? [ATTACH type="full"]70166[/ATTACH] The Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to block the new congressional map adopted by California voters in November. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer [URL='https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A839/392481/20260122134919656_25A839_Tangipa_USA_resp_iso_appl_FILE.pdf']told the justices[/URL] that the map, which the state says was intended to create five new Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in response to the creation of five new Republican seats in Texas, “is tainted by an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” The filing came just under two months after the Trump administration [URL='https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A608/385502/20251124100509186_25A608_USA_amicus_iso_stay_FILE.pdf']submitted a brief[/URL] supporting a request by Texas to be able to implement its new map, after a lower court had ruled that the map unconstitutionally sorted voters based on race. In December, the justices [URL='https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a608_7khn.pdf']granted Texas’ request[/URL], over a dissent by the court’s three Democratic appointees. Typical right-wing hypocrisy. [/QUOTE]

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