ca congress districts can be struck down by scotus  california is quite effectively gerrymandered, not to the extent illinois is, but pretty well. trump got 39% of california in 2024, but republicans only have 11/52 house seats. texas would do the same thing, were it not for the voting rights act of 1965. supreme court prevented them from effective redistricting in 2003 - league of united latin american citizens v. perry - they were illegally diluting hispanic voters contra voting rights act. flash forward to 2024. 2020 census was the first in which whites are officially a minority in california, making up 48% of the population. a case can be made to the supreme court that california's house districts illegally crack and pack whites, infringing on their voting rights. a friendly scotus can take this and throw out california's district map so that republicans can gain at least 3 seats in congress.
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