Justices' response: 'The application for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied'
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.
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 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 decision preserves a significant win for Republicans in the redistricting fight ahead of the November midterms.
The Supreme Court refused Virginia Democratic leaders’ emergency plea to reinstate theircongressional map on Friday in what would’ve been one of the party’s best opportunities to keep pace in the mid-decade redistricting war. Without any noted dissents, the justices declined to block a split decision from Virginia’s topcourt that Democrats didn’t follow…
The US Supreme Court on Friday denied Virginia Democrats' bid to restore the illegally gerrymandered congressional map. The post BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Virginia Democrats’ Bid to Revive Illegally Gerrymandered Congressional Map appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats’ long-shot request to revive a voter-backed redistricting plan for the commonwealth, which was struck down by the Virginia Supreme Court last week. The high court denied the petition on the emergency docket in a brief, unsigned order, declining to elaborate on its decision, and did not include any dissents.…
