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Another Lawsuit Challenging CA’s Proposition 50: Violates 15th Amendment & Voting Rights Act
California legislators intentionally used race to redraw congressional districts – a clear violation of federal law
By Katy Grimes, December 3, 2025 7:50 am
Another lawsuit has been filed against California’s Proposition 50, the mid-decade redistricting scheme Governor Gavin Newsom and Democrats cooked up ahead of the 2026 midterm elections to secure more Democrat seats in Congress by redrawing district maps, or “gerrymandering” numerous California Republicans out of their congressional districts.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation has filed a federal challenge to California’s Proposition 50 on the grounds it violates both the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. (Noyes v Newsom, Case No: 2:25-cv-11480)
The complaint states California legislators intentionally used race to redraw congressional districts – a clear violation of federal law, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation, is the nation’s only public interest law firm dedicated wholly to election integrity.
The lawsuit says:
The Voting Rights Act forbids enforcing election procedures enacted with a racial intent or that results in a denial, or abridgment, of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote, on account of race. 52 U.S.C. § 10101(a). Outside the context of a remedial map under the Voting Rights Act, drawing district lines to preserve specific racial percentages, maintain racial majorities, or the deliberate preservation of racial influence districts violates the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
By intentionally distorting district boundaries along racial lines to preserve a specific number of Hispanic majority districts and two Black influence districts, California violated the Fifteenth Amendment and Voting Rights Act.
“The California legislature crossed a red line when it redrew the map, violating 15th Amendment provisions which prohibit denying the right to vote based on a citizen’s race or color,” said PILF President J Christian Adams. “The US Constitution leaves no room for state officials to sort votes by race.”
“In an interview, Paul Mitchell admitted to drawing district lines with intentional racial goals,” the lawsuit says. “When asked about his decision to place new districts in Los Angeles despite net population loss in the city, Paul Mitchell stated: “we’ve actually gained Latino population, so why would you remove districts from a Latino community that has been historic and has a lot of community of interest arguments in that district. Why take that out when you can just leave it there and let all of the districts in LA push out over the county area.” Rich Ehisen (Host). (2025, August 15). Mapmaker Paul Mitchell on California’s emergency redistricting proposal [Audio podcast episode 421]. Capitol Weekley. See https://capitolweekly.net/mapmaker-paul-mitchell-on-californias-emergency-redistricting-proposal/.
The lawsuit explains:
Plaintiffs are California residents and voters who were injured when Proposition 50 deliberately enacted district boundaries created for racial purposes and with racial tools. Plaintiffs will continue to suffer this injury while this electoral map is in place. This injury can only be redressed by this Court finding the map to be a violation of their civil rights. Plaintiffs seek an injunction prohibiting California from using the Proposition 50 map, and an award of attorneys’ fees, expert fees, including litigation expenses and costs, pursuant to 52 U.S.C § 10310(e) and 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
The new map deliberately kept California’s 16 Hispanic majority districts by narrowing the margin of Hispanic population in all but one district and keeping Hispanic population in a deliberately tight range of 52 to 55 percent in those districts.
The Globe recently reported that a case currently with the U.S. Supreme Court about racial gerrymandering could nullify California’s just-passed Proposition 50:
Louisiana v. Callais whether the state’s intentional consideration of race to create these voting districts violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. The Supreme Court could also invalidate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and require race-neutral maps.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting, aiming to protect the voting rights of all citizens, particularly racial minorities.
The high court appears ready to strike down Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering – a violation of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
Elections Law attorney Mark Meuser explained in detail that “The Supreme Court could soon change how every congressional map in America is drawn, including California.”
In August, the California Legislature jammed through in a land-speed record a 3-measure package on Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Bill 604 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, which became Proposition 50 on the November 4, 2025 Special Election ballot.
Another lawsuit filed Nov. 5, 2025 by the Dhillon Law Group to halt Prop. 50 says the map codified by the Legislative Package was not drawn by legislators or paid for by the state of California – it was drafted by Paul Mitchell of Redistricting Partners, and paid for by the the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee – the DCCC:
Mitchell further confirmed that a formal “Voting Rights Act analysis” was conducted to measure Latino electoral performance and that this analysis directly informed the map’s boundaries.
Governor Newsom’s office issued an irascible response to the Dhillon Law Group lawsuit: “Good luck, losers.”
Will he offer the same sentiment to the Public Interest Legal Foundation?
2025-12-02 Noyes Complaint (FILED)
A California native and Navy mom, Katy lives in Sacramento, CA.
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Corrupt Democrats care NOTHING for federal law because they know, as well as the REST of us, that the laws will NEVER be enforced against them. Pam Bondi MIGHT send (ANOTHER) letter…or make a threat if she can get on FNC. But she’ll never actually do her job.