The Justice Department intervened as a plaintiff in a November 5 lawsuit by the California Republican Party and 19 registered voters in the state. The case challenges California’s ballot initiative Proposition 50, which passed earlier this month.

The measure was a response to Republican-led Texas redrawing its congressional map.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in a post on the social media platform X on Thursday chided California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom over what she called “his brazen Proposition 50 redistricting power grab.”