Virginia Democrats Appeal to US Supreme Court Over Struck Map
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Virginia voters approved a new congressional map fair and square, and the state Supreme Court had no business throwing it out over a procedural technicality. The ruling hinges on a flawed reading of when an "election" actually occurs under federal law — a question the U.S. Supreme Court is already weighing in another case. Striking down a voter-ratified amendment disenfranchises over a million Virginians who cast ballots in good faith.
Republican narrative
Virginia Democrats violated the state constitution to manufacture a 10-1 partisan advantage, then plotted to purge the justices who stopped them. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined calls to lower the judicial retirement age just to pack the court with friendlier picks. This amounts to dismantling every institutional check that stands between a party and unchecked power.
