Virginia asks Supreme Court to restore Democrats’ congressional map
Key takeaways
- In an emergency appeal, state officials insisted Virginia s top court committed judicial defiance by blocking the map last week.
- The appeal again thrusts the justices into the mid-decade redistricting war as both parties race to redraw their maps, hoping to bolster their chances of capturing control of the House in November.
- Virginia emerged as one of Democrats best counterpunches to Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas and elsewhere.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
In an emergency appeal, state officials insisted Virginia s top court committed judicial defiance by blocking the map last week. The court ruled Democrats hadn t followed the proper procedures before voters approved the new congressional lines in an April referendum.
Based on that novel and manifestly atextual interpretation, the Court overrode the will of the people who ratified the amendment by ordering the Commonwealth to conduct its election with the congressional districts that the people rejected, the filing reads.
The appeal again thrusts the justices into the mid-decade redistricting war as both parties race to redraw their maps, hoping to bolster their chances of capturing control of the House in November.