Is outcome determination above the law? The proposals follow Democratic leaders decrying the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down Democrats' redistricting attempt as “undemocratic.”
Virginia's Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved redistricting map in a 4-3 ruling — and the fallout is reverberating across the country. The map would have flipped up to four congressional seats blue ahead of the midterms, and President Trump called the decision a "major win for America." But Congresswoman AOC says the court didn't just overturn a map — it overturned an election. On "Wake Up America Weekend," our panel breaks it all down. Former Obama campaign director Robin Biro, former Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington, Newsmax host Bill Spadea, and former New York Congresswoman Nan Hayworth debate what the ruling means for the midterms, whether redistricting has become the new political battleground, and whether either party…
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The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to Democrats’ hopes of flipping the House this fall, throwing out the redistricting referendum that was set to give Democrats a midterm boost. The Virginia court’s decision invalidates the state’s newly adopted congressional map, which would’ve expanded Democrats’ expected edge from 6-5 to 10-1. The ruling does not erase Democrats’ chances of flipping the House in [...]
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The ruling was a major lift to the G.O.P. efforts to build a structural advantage through redistricting.
'Under this thesis, early Virginia voters unknowingly forfeited their constitutionally protected opportunity to vote for or against delegates who favor or disfavor amending the Constitution,' the court wrote.
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out Democrats’ redistricting referendum on Friday, ruling 4-3 that it didn’t follow the proper procedures. The decision casts aside the state’s new congressional map that would’ve given Democrats a 10-1 tilt in Virginia. Under the ruling, the 6-5 map will stay in place. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” Justice Arthur Kelsey wrote for the majority. Read More: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5869616-virginia-supreme-court-tosses-redistricting-map-2026-midterms/ #redistricting #trump #virgina #congress
Virginia’s Supreme Court struck down a Democrat-backed congressional map designed to flip four GOP-held House seats, handing Republicans a major win ahead of the midterms.
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Democrats’ congressional redistricting plan, effectively nullifying the results of the April 21 vote on the referendum. […] Source