Racial 'X-Acto Knife' Used For Prop 50 Map, Calif. Panel Told

By Craig Clough ( December 15, 2025, 9:13 PM EST) -- A three-day hearing before three federal judges kicked off Monday in Los Angeles over challenges brought by California Republicans and the U.S. Department of Justice to the state's Proposition 50 voter-approved congressional districts, with a RealClearPolitics election analyst testifying that one district was created using a racial "X-Acto knife" rather than a political one....

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