A federal court has upheld the new congressional map approved by California voters last month, giving Democrats a chance to counter the nationwide redistricting effort led by President Trump and his Republican allies.

The court challenge to the redistricting plan had been brought by the California Republican Party and the U.S. Department of Justice. The court found that the new district map did not violate laws against racial gerrymandering.

The Republicans argued that the new map was motivated by a desire to increase the voting power of Latinos. The court, in a two-to-one ruling, rejected that claim, noting that voters approved the measure, called “Proposition 50” and there was no evidence they acted on racial grounds.

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    At this point. I feel like we’ll annex Canada before the midterms and he’ll just be like “ah, can’t have elections. Wouldn’t be fair for the new states. We gotta delay until they are established. For fairness and such”.

    The useless Democrats at that point are just full fascist supporters. It sounds ridiculous but this is one of many reasons for a non election I could see occuring. Among others.

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      At least whoever survives the war will be able to drag Trump and his cabinet out of their bunkers for Nuremburg 2: orange boogaloo.

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      “The Canadians are putting up a lot of resistance after we butchered every single one of them in Vancouver. Oh, and I would like to remind you all that I enjoyed pulling my Canadian guest apart in the Oval Office. I’m sure you all did too, since I broadcasted it live. Inappropriate content? Not on my watch. Oh, and since the Canadians are blowing up our ICE agents, I’m going to have to cancel the elections. The Canadians will try to mess with the results, and we can’t have that, you know? We’ll resume elections when all the Canadians have been exterminated like the dogs they are.”