The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Republican legislators to block Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to redraw the state's congressional map. GOP lawmakers had asked the court to intervene,

The California Supreme Court cleared the way for Democrats to move forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts Thursday.

The court said the petitioners “failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time” under the state’s constitution.

California Republican legislators announced a state Supreme Court petition Tuesday in an effort to stop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to redistrict House seats in the Golden State. “Today I joined my colleagues in filing a lawsuit challenging the rushed redistricting process.

The national redistricting battle enters its next phase Thursday as California Democrats are scheduled to pass a new congressional map that creates five winnable seats for their party, a direct counter to the Texas House's approval of a new map to create more conservative-leaning seats in that state.

A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite U.S. House maps to win Democrats more seats. A committee voted along party lines to advance a new congressional map in response to a Republican redistricting effort in Texas that President Donald Trump wants.

California state lawmaker Cecilia Aguiar-Curry explains Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter Texas redistricting by redrawing California’s congressional maps.