“Legislators in Sacramento were even more explicit about their racial purpose. Legislator after legislator spoke openly about their goal of creating “black districts” and “Latino-majority districts.” As in Louisiana, they garbled the Voting Rights Act, saying it mandated “voters of color be placed in districts” to elect racial minorities.” – J. Christian Adams via the New York Post

Below is a reprint of the guest editorial by Ronald L. Porter on Proposition 50 which was published here on October 27th, 2025. Proposition 50 is not a done deal, it was clearly unconstitutional.

Today, the New York Post published an editorial titled “Gavin Newsom’s race-based gerrymander is wicked – the Supreme Court must slap it down.”

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

The author, J. Christian Adams, points out that the legislation was clearly racially discriminatory, and it was argued by Democrats to do exactly what the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits.

All of this racially saturated rhetoric was used to push a congressional map that would wipe out five Republican seats in Congress. Partisanship might have been the outcome, but the intent was to allocate power on the basis of race.

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution makes that unconstitutional. 

California’s dangerous position is that voters may absolve a racially motivated law if it merely passes a referendum. That’s corrosive and outrageous to our constitutional order. The majority was purposefully disconnected with the protection of fundamental rights.

With the 2026 midterms just two months away, and if the Supreme Court finds Proposition 50 to be unconstitutional, it stands to reason that California may have to delay the November vote and “reset the table” for elections of all 52 of California’s representatives in Congress.

California Proposition 50 is a Criminal Act by Ronald L. Porter

October 27, 2025 (Originally Published)

      I am not a Democrat or Republican. I am a nonpartisan and have never supported or believed in political parties, because they represent money and political interests and not the people.

   California Proposition 50 is a criminal conspiracy by the Governor and the Legislative Branch to willfully deny their constituents their right to a free and fair election of their congressional representatives. They admitted in the proposition is about violating the law by intentionally gerrymandering our congressional districts for the next three congressional cycles, 2026, 2028. 2030.  It is not about the Republicans they claim are stealing the 2026 elections. It is about the Democrat’s stealing the California elections from the people for 2026, 2028 & 2030.  

     They will do anything to promote the Democratic Party and its agenda. They are demanding the people become part of their criminal conspiracy to violate federal law and the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens, by falsely claiming two wrongs make a right to correct what they claim is gerrymandering in other states, identifying themselves as the judge, jury and executioner, rather than using the courts.

     The voters of California passed a Constitutional Amendment to established an independent nonpartisan Citizens Redistricting Commission for congressional districts. These conspirators have not claimed the California congressional districts were gerrymandered and needed to be corrected. They were looking for any excuse to continue their past practice of gerrymandering the congressional districts, that was taken away from them by the people when the created the nonpartisan commission.

     They have a past U.S. president, Obama, and a California U.S Senator, Alex Padilla, lying to the people.  They are claiming it is about protecting the vote and not an attack on our representative republic. They are telling the people that violating our Constitution is OK if it promotes their goals and/or desires, claiming it is moral to lie cheat and steal as long as they can claim a benefit to the people. I guess using their logic, if you rob a bank and give the proceeds to the poor it is not a crime.

     Why would anyone want to vote for this proposition and become a fellow criminal coconspirator? Doing so identifies that you believe our laws and constitutions only have to be followed if they suit your needs and desires.

Respectfully,

Ronald L. Porter

For more information:

Newsom’s Prop 50 ballot text admits partisan revenge, may face legal hurdles