Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats' 'illegal power grab'

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13. Well CA is in the 9th Circuit, which is majority (D) (although now closer to an even split now)

From here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3510265

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Democratic appointed: 16
Republican appointed: 13

But so far, unless it has to do with the VRA, the SCOTUS has still stayed out of state elections stuff and they blessed gerrymandering -

A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting

When PA redistricted in 2018 due to the GOP years of gerrymandering after the 2010 Census, violating the state Constitution's requirement of "compact and contiguous", (and PA finally had a (D) governor to support legal action), the state Supreme Court (majority (D)) ruled that the map needed to be redrawn, ignored the various maps proffered, and drew their own lines.

The GOP took it to federal court and went all the way to the SCOTUS and the SCOTUS waved them away because per the Constitution, "elections are handled by the states". The same happened again here after the 2020 Census when the state Supreme Court revised the lines to take into account a lost seat, the GOP again ran it to daddy Roberts, and the case was waved away.

ETA - and after that 2018 redistricting, the PA Congressional split went from 13 (R) - 5 (D) to 9 (R) - 9 (D), where Democrats picked up 4 seats. After the 2020 redraw, it went to 9 (D) - 8 (R), where Republicans lost a seat. The 2024 election left us at 10 (R) - 7 (D). Hopefully we can get our lost seats back and pick up a couple more.