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Massive Scandal Threatens to Unravel Newsom's Gerrymandering Power Grab"...Article 21 of the California state constitution expressly prohibits such an effort and public opinion is solidly against the idea of nullifying the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and handing the power back to politicians to manipulate the lines of their own districts." -From the letter by California Assembly members to US AG Pam Bondi
As we've previously reported here at PJ Media, Newsom has been promising to fight back against Texas Republicans' controversial mid-cycle redistricting plan, which, of course, was done to offset Democrats' blatant gerrymandering in blue states, which has inflated their representation in Congress. The problem is that California's constitution flatly forbids mid-cycle redistricting, and the process for changing the system is no simple matter. Voters have already weighed in twice—in 2008 and 2010—to strip politicians of their gerrymandering toys and hand the pen to an independent commission. But now Newsom is bulldozing those safeguards voters established to boost his national profile before he runs for president. He plans to yank control away from the Citizens Redistricting Commission and back into the hands of his loyalist Democrats. Newsom looks less like a "progressive" reformer and more like a backroom operator addicted to power grabs. That's why Assembly members Carl DeMaio, James Gallagher, Leticia Castillo, Heath Hadwick, David Tangipa, and State Sens. Tony Strickland and Marie Alvarado-Gil just fired off a formal request to the Department of Justice. Their letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi calls on the DOJ to investigate "corruption and violation of federal law" tied to Newsom's redistricting scheme. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here "We write to request that the US Department of Justice consider opening an immediate investigation into allegations of corruption and illegality involving members of the California state legislature and their current redistricting scheme," the letter states. "As... Continue reading Here.
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