Virginia Supreme Court Deals Democrats Big Setback in Redistricting Wars
The fairly conservative Virginia Supreme Court overturned the will of the voters Friday, dealing Democrats a huge setback in the redistricting arms race.
Writing that the legislative process to advance the redistricting proposal violated the state constitution, the court ruled that “this constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy.” Virginia voters had passed the referendum with about 52% of the vote in late April.
Meanwhile, unleashed by Callais and urged onward by President Trump, southern states are racing to eliminate their majority-Black, majority-Democratic districts before the midterms. Tennessee was first out of the gate, though its new 9-0 Republican map has already drawn a legal challenge from the NAACP.
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