Nov. 17, 2025
Prop. 50: California's racial gerrymandering fails constitutional scrutiny
Tangipa v. Newsom challenges Prop. 50 as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, arguing that the maps, drawn with race as a primary consideration, violate the Equal Protection and Fifteenth Amendments and should be replaced with the independent commission's maps.
Shawn Steel
Founder and Partner
Steel & Eisner, LLP
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Northrop University SOL; Los Angeles CA
Gov. Gavin Newsom may
have won on election night, but the fight over Proposition 50 is just
beginning.
The day after the election, a diverse coalition of Californians filed a federal lawsuit challenging Prop. 50 as an unconstitutional racial gerrymandering scheme. Tangipa v. Newsom makes the simple yet powerful argument that California Democrats' Prop. 50 maps violate the Equal Protection Cla...
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