The decision came down in a one-sentence order that provided no explanation or dissents. Republicans had asked the high court to block California’s redrawn district lines, alleging they were racially gerrymandered.
The map, drawn by Democratic lawmakers and passed by voters last November through the Proposition 50 ballot measure, gives the party an opportunity to pick up as many as five House seats as it seeks to win a majority in the chamber this fall.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was a lead proponent of the redistricting push, branding it as a response to a new map enacted last summer in Texas at President Donald Trump’s urging, which could similarly net Republicans up to five seats.
“Donald Trump said he was ‘entitled’ to five more Congressional seats in Texas. He started this redistricting war. He lost, and he’ll lose again in November,” Newsom wrote on X.