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Tangipa v. Newsom
Last Updated Jan 14, 2026
Case No. 2:25-cv-10616 (C.D. Cal.)
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A federal challenge to the new congressional map ratified by Proposition 50, alleging the unconstitutional predominant and unjustified use of race.
On Jan. 14, 2026, the court denied a preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs failed to prove that race predominated in drawing the district lines; that decision has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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