Trump DOJ Files Federal Lawsuit to Stop California's "Rigged" Prop 50 Congressional Map

The Trump Administration’s Justice Department has stepped directly into 
California politics — and not a moment too soon. The DOJ has officially 
filed a federal lawsuit to block the newly approved congressional map 
created under Proposition 50, calling it a blatant attempt by Democrats to 
rig future elections and undermine the Constitution.

According to the filing, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department 
argues that California’s Democrat-controlled Legislature violated 
constitutional rights and engaged in racial and partisan gerrymandering 
when it seized redistricting powers from the state’s independent citizens’ 
commission. The move, the DOJ contends, was designed to tilt the 2026 
election in favor of Democrats and could hand them up to five extra House 
seats — enough to flip control of Congress.

At the center of the controversy is Proposition 50, a ballot measure 
passed by voters in November. The measure temporarily stripped 
California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission of its power and handed 
full control of congressional map-drawing to the Democrat-dominated 
Legislature for the election cycles of 2026, 2028, and 2030.

Critics warned for months that Prop 50 was nothing more than a Trojan 
horse for partisan manipulation, a power grab disguised as “reform.” 
Opponents said it would allow Sacramento politicians to carve out safe 
districts for Democratic incumbents while silencing millions of Republican 
and independent voters.

Those warnings, it turns out, were spot on.

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