VA Democrats Respond To Supreme Court Redistricting Decision

Virginia Democrats are responding to the state Supreme Court decision striking down redistricting map, with some proposing plans to thwart the decision.

The Details: The Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 against a redistricting measure that would've changed the state's Democratic House majority from 6-5 to 10-1 last Friday. This decision has led some House members to discuss ideas like forcing all current supreme court justices to retire by changing the age limit or outright disobeying the order altogether.

"Vote Accordingly": Mike Davis, writing for Fox News Opinion (Right bias) said the "Virginia court's gerrymandering decision unmasks Left's insanity," explaining that the "outlandish displays from Democrats to the decision are chilling but informative." Davis said the court "correctly and courageously" made their decision after "Leftists poured more than $60 million into the effort to ram the Virginia referendum through." Davis asserted that "many warned this plan was unconstitutional," but "the determined and deranged Democrats did not listen." The article ended with Davis telling readers to "vote accordingly," explaining that for now Virginia has stepped back from "the cliff that many demented Democrats wanted to jump over," but "if radical Democrats assume power as they did in 2021, they will not hesitate to jump off that cliff and take the rest of the nation with them."

"Dangerous Court Ruling": Billy Corriher, writing opinion for Slate (Left) said Republicans have already showed Virginia Democrats can save their map. Corriher said that "Democrats are weighing their response to a dangerous" supreme court ruling, saying the court struck down "voter-approved election districts" which was a measure "that would allow them [Democrats] to counter nationwide GOP gerrymandering." Across the country, according to Corriher, Republicans have "done everything they could to defy these constitutional bans, spitting in the face of voters and packing any courts that get in the way." The article provided examples such as Utah, Florida, and Ohio where Republicans have "undermined merit selection systems" and "appointed a court that seems more loyal to the GOP than the voters." Corriher asserted that if "Virginia Democrats try to revive their own map, they'll merely be borrowing from the Republican playbook."  

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