I imagine the house GOP is thinking “What are you going to do about it.”

guess we’re at the fuck around and find out stage

The thing is, there’s nothing to find out. The SC (compromised as it is) says “no, you can’t do that”. The state government is saying “cool bro imma do it anyways”. If the feds impose a new map, what happens if the state just ignores it outright? Or any other measures intended to enforce this decision?

What are they gonna go, send in the military?

The funniest part of it is that this 100% has the potential to set up some sort of precedent for when the shoe is on the other foot. Like, if the Supreme Court orders CA to do something extremely shitty or anti-democratic, what happens if Newsom (or whoever is governor at that point) and the CA legislature just says “make me”?

California has a history of “make me.”

Economically, California is (at least was, I don’t know if it still is) capable of sustaining itself separated from federal money. It even has the power to set national standards, like the “known to cause cancer” warning. Which may seem like it’s slapped on everything, but from what I remember, its slapped on everything containing any carcinogens, covering products even after their lifespan into disposal (if you burn a product but it doesn’t destroy the carcinogen it’s still a risk since it’s airborne or in waste.)

Alabama is just completely fucked if they get cutoff from federal money.