State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters.
Order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competitionThe supreme court on Friday rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives.The court’s order, issued without any noted…
The decision leaves in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that concluded the process leading up to a referendum approving a new congressional map was flawed.
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a new congressional map approved by Virginia voters cannot be used. The high court found legal flaws in the process leading up to the referendum. The new map was intended to maximize Democratic-leaning districts.
The decision preserves a significant win for Republicans in the redistricting fight ahead of the November midterms.
The US Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch bid by Virginia Democrats to revive a voter-approved map that was designed to flip four Republican-held US House seats in the November election.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections.
The Supreme Court rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would've led Democrats to pick up four seats in the House of Representatives.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency appeal seeking to revive a voter-approved congressional redistricting overhaul, leaving intact a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down the effort as unconstitutional.
Virginia Republican leaders urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to deny a long-shot petition filed by Democrats from the commonwealth to revive the voter-approved Democratic gerrymander of Virginia’s congressional map. The brief from GOP leaders in the Old Dominion comes days after Virginia Democrats filed an emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court,…
