California State Senate Supreme Court Case

The plaintiffs and defendants argued on "likely' to qualify. They'll decide soon. One question before the court is whether "nesting," a remedy proposed by the plaintiffs would violate the Voting Rights Act. Nesting is combining two assembly districts to make a senate district. The districts can be drawn so that they don't violate the VRA. As the chart below shows the districts wouldn't be better for Republicans than the current ones.

Note that the yellow districts on the right are up in 2012. The blue are up in 2014. How that would break down in nesting is anybody's guess.