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Gavin Newsom’s race-based gerrymander is wicked — the Supreme Court must slap it down

Nypost · · 767 words · By J Christian Adams
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Gavin Newsom’s race-based gerrymander is wicked — the Supreme Court must slap it down See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google Gavin Newsom celebrated last year when Proposition 50 passed, gerrymandering California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.

Common ground

But the new California map should be struck down by the courts for the same reason the US Supreme Court recently blocked Louisiana’s map: Both were drawn using race, in violation of the US Constitution.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/19/opinion/gavin-newsoms-prop-50-is-as-racist-as-loui…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “All of this racially saturated rhetoric was used to push a congressional map that would wipe out five Republican seats in Congress.”
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Multiple independent sources (ABC7 Los Angeles, theyeshivaworld.com, and web search results regarding Newsom's proposed map) explicitly state that the proposed map was designed to flip or eliminate five Republican seats to favor Democrats.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California. The party is based in Sacramento, California, and is led by chair Corri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republican_Party
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hollywood Congress of Republicans (HCR) is a chapter of the California Congress of Republicans, itself a permanently chartered organization of the California Republican Party. Founded in 2001, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Congress_of_Republic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Matthew Gallagher (born March 7, 1981) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from California's 1st congressional district since 2026. A member of the Republican Par…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gallagher_(California_po…
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Claim 2: “In 1870, Gov. Henry Haight instructed the Democrat-controlled Legislature to reject the amendment’s prohibitions on denying the franchise based on race.”
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Web search results confirm that California's lawmakers resoundingly rejected the 15th Amendment when it came for ratification in 1869/1870. While the specific instruction from Gov. Henry Haight is not explicitly quoted in the snippet, the historical fact of the legislature's rejection is corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gray Davis, the 37th governor of California, was the second governor in American history to be recalled by voters. The shortest tenure was that of Milton Latham, who served only five days before being…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Californi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Predictably, when the 15th Amendment — which granted the right to vote to all male citizens, regardless of skin color or “previous condition of servitude” — came to the states for ratification in 1869…
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-waite-california…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chapter 5 of the California Penal Code.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codesTOCSelected.xh…
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Claim 3: “This week, a three-judge federal panel in Los Angeles will hear arguments from California and the Democratic Party”
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Multiple sources confirm a three-judge federal panel in Los Angeles heard arguments regarding California's new congressional maps. One source specifies the date as Dec 15, and others confirm the panel's ruling upholding the maps.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (often shortened as LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles County, sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is a county in the U.S. state of California, in the southern region of the state. It is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,69…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
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Claim 4: “J. Christian Adams is a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights and the president and general counsel for the Public Interest Legal Foundation.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the professional roles of J. Christian Adams.
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Claim 5: “Proposition 50 passed, gerrymandering California’s congressional map to favor Democrats.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that California Proposition 50 (the Election Rigging Response Act) was passed by voters on November 4, 2025. Web search results from 'theyeshivaworld.com' and 'ABC7 Los Angeles' corroborate that this proposition was used to implement new congressional maps designed to boost Democrats.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Proposition 50, also known as the California Suspension of Legislators Amendment and Prop 50, was a California ballot proposition and proposed state constitution amendment intended to require a two-th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_California_Proposition_50
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California Proposition 50, officially known as the Election Rigging Response Act, is an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of California, which was passed by voters in a special election …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_California_Proposition_50
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Proposition 40, also known as the California billionaire tax or California wealth tax, is a combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute that will appear on the November 3, 2026, ball…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_California_Proposition_40
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Claim 6: “Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, for one example, complained that a “black voter in Texas is worth one-fifth of the representation of a white voter in Texas. I did say three-fifths.””
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The provided evidence includes general information about the California State Assembly and Proposition 50, but contains no mention of Assemblyman Isaac Bryan or the specific quote regarding voters in Texas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California Proposition 50, officially known as the Election Rigging Response Act, is an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of California, which was passed by voters in a special election …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_California_Proposition_50
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature (the upper house being the California State Senate). The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the Cal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with B. NOTE: Info may be incomplete.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_politica…
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Claim 7: “Legislator after legislator spoke openly about their goal of creating “black districts” and “Latino-majority districts.””
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While web search results confirm that California began voting on a proposed congressional map and that there were redistricting hearings, there is no specific evidence in the provided search results documenting the specific quotes from legislators about 'black districts' or 'Latino-majority districts'.
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web search NEUTRAL — California begins voting on proposed congressional map.The California Legislature is expected to approve a proposed congressional map and declare a Nov. 4 special election by Thursday to get required …
https://abc7news.com/post/california-redistricting-hearing-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — Some states have changed or may be changing their congressional districts for the 2026 elections. This map based on 2024 congressional districts is still the correct map for determining who currently …
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/MI
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web search NEUTRAL — Congressional District Offices. Browse the elected offices of each Congressional District in the United States — what they do, who holds them, and when the next elections are. Take the political quiz …
https://www.isidewith.com/offices/congressional-districts
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Claim 8: “It wasn’t until 1959 that California finally ratified the 15th Amendment”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that California ratified the 15th Amendment in 1959.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government or any state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_Uni…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maryland and California ratified this Amendment in 1959.The Fifteenth Amendment9Footnote Amdt15.1 Overview of Fifteenth Amendment, Right of Citizens to Vote. was proposed by Congress on February 26, 1…
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/intro-3-4/ALD…
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web search NEUTRAL — 306. Ratification was probably completed on June 15, 1804, when the legislature of the thirteenth State (New Hampshire) approved the amendment, there being then 17 States in the Union.California ratif…
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CONAN-1992/pdf/GPO-C…
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Claim 9: “The Supreme Court doomed the Louisiana congressional map in Louisiana v. Callais because legislators in Baton Rouge had been explicit: They wanted to create a congressional seat specifically to elect a black representative to Congress.”
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Wikipedia confirms the existence of 'Louisiana v. Callais' (608 U.S. ___) as a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning racial gerrymandering and redistricting in Louisiana following the 2020 census.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began on October 6, 2025, and will conclude on October 4, 2026. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_term_opinions_of_the_Supr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second nonconsecu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louisiana v. Callais, consolidated with Robinson v. Callais, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning racial gerrymandering and redistricting in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_v._Callais
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