The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map that adds up to five Democratic-leaning seats for the midterms, rejecting Republicans’ emergency bid to block it. Supported by the Trump administration, the California GOP has challenged the map as an u nconstitutional racial gerrymander. They point to the mapmaker’s comments boasting about strengthened Latino voting power under the new design. In a one-sentence order without any noted dissents, the... ...read more read less