Virginia Democrats Ask US Supreme Court To Reinstate Congressional Map
by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness,
Virginia Democrats, along with their state Attorney General, have asked the US Supreme Court to overri
# THE TAKE: Virginia Dems' Gerrymandering Hypocrisy Just Went Supreme Virginia are asking SCOTUS to resurrect a congressional map that *they themselves* drew to lock in power. Receipts: This is the same coalition that spent 2021 virtue-signaling about "fair maps" while the independent redistricting commission they created produced balanced districts—which Democrats promptly rejected because it didn't guarantee them 8 of 11 seats. The 2022 map they *did* approve? Surgical gerrymandering. Fourth Circuit judges called it out. Now they're screaming "partisan gerrymandering" when consequences arrive. The play is transparent: Democrats want SCOTUS to resurrect their rigged map before Republicans potentially control redistricting in 2030. It's not about democracy. It's about maintaining suburban supermajorities that evaporate under fair lines. They had a clean shot. They chose power. Now they're shopping for judges to validate it.
What the Documents Show
What the mainstream coverage glosses over is the raw numbers game at stake. Virginia's General Assembly adopted a new map in February that would favor Democrats in 10 of the state's 11 congressional seats—a dramatic shift from the current competitive balance. This wasn't subtle redistricting; it was wholesale reconfiguration of electoral geography designed to lock in Democratic dominance. The amendment itself would have fundamentally altered state power structures by allowing the legislature to redraw congressional maps outside the normal decade cycle following the census. When Virginia voters narrowly approved this constitutional change, Democrats believed they had cleared the final hurdle.
Follow the Money
The Virginia Supreme Court's 4-3 decision last Friday detonated those plans. The majority found that Democrats' procedural shortcuts—rushing the measure onto the ballot without following established timelines—violated state constitutional requirements. This wasn't a partisan court ruling; it was an institutional check on a majority party circumventing its own rulebook. Yet rather than accept the decision or pursue proper procedures for the 2026 cycle, Virginia Democrats immediately escalated to the federal level. Attorney General Jones' 24-page filing argued the "irreparable harm" from the decision was "profound and immediate," claiming voters and candidates had been wronged by being forced to use different district lines than those the legislature preferred. The emergency application strategy itself deserves scrutiny.
What Else We Know
By filing directly with the US Supreme Court rather than working through normal appeals channels, Democrats are attempting to bypass judicial deliberation and create urgency around what is fundamentally a state constitutional question. This echoes similar tactics from Republicans during redistricting disputes in other states. The approach suggests both parties now view emergency Supreme Court filings as a standard tool when state courts rule against their interests, normalizing the politicization of previously routine judicial processes. For ordinary Virginians, this battle signals something deeper: electoral maps are being openly designed as partisan weapons, and whichever party controls a legislature will leverage every procedural loophole to entrench power. The real story isn't whether Democrats or Republicans gerrymandered better—it's that constitutional procedures meant to constrain executive power are being treated as obstacles to circumvent when the stakes involve congressional representation. If the US Supreme Court overrides Virginia's state court decision, it signals that federal intervention in redistricting disputes follows partisan lines rather than principled legal standards.
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