Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to let them use new congressional map

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 Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to let them use new congressional map
By
John Fritze
Updated 42 min ago

 Democratic officials in Virginia asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate a congressional map that would benefit their party ahead of this year’s midterm elections, the latest map drawing appeal to reach the high court amid a flurry of mid-decade redistricting.

The emergency appeal follows a decision from the state Supreme Court last week that voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw Virginia’s US House map via an April referendum in a way that would help Democrats pick up four additional seates. The Democrats are asking the US Supreme Court to effectively put that order on hold for this year’s midterm election.

 The decision, the officials said, was “deeply mistaken on two critical issues of federal law with profound practical importance to the nation.”

The US Supreme Court is already deeply enmeshed in a flood of redistricting taking place in states across the country as both parties seek to eke an advantage out of House boundaries in the fall election. Several southern states have moved to redraw their maps following a blockbuster decision in late April that severely weakened the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Virginia’s redistricting was seen by Democrats as a way to offset the advantage Republicans have picked up from that effort. But the state’s highest court ruled that the process state officials used to create the referendum violated the state constitution.

“The irreparable harm resulting from the Supreme Court of Virginia’s decision is profound and immediate,” Democrats told the US Supreme Court on Monday. “By forcing the commonwealth to conduct its congressional elections using districts different from those adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to a constitutional amendment the people just ratified, the Supreme Court of Virginia has deprived voters, candidates, and the commonwealth of their right to the lawfully enacted congressional districts.”

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court?utm_source=cnn_Breaking+News&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=mObbhr34cu4uU9%2FoAoBW8qJNL2QO9hdzVhbsHks7%2BvxpmcQTyBRyGu7vgg4ZUWPQ&bt_ts=1778531245324

[mountaineer]

Wren Williams
@WrenWilliamsVA
If you’re the Attorney General and you have to hire outside counsel to argue your case, you should at least hire someone from Virginia.

[mountaineer]

The Democrats' brief is very poorly written, not surprisingly. Who is "of counsel," Jazzy Crackpot or some such legal luminary?

https://twitter.com/AdamMortara/status/2054009443365314810

https://twitter.com/EdWhelanEPPC/status/2053939427139887488
 

[andy58-in-nh]

This ought to be good for a few laughs.

[The_Reader_David]

Inasmuch as it was violations of the Virginia state constitution that the Virginia Supreme Court found invalidated the redistricting referendum, I presume the SCOTUS will properly claim lack of jurisdiction and tell them to pound sand.

[rangerrebew]

He isn't Just Unhinged, He's REALLY Stupid: Check Out How BAD VA AG Jay Jones' LATEST SCOTUS Appeal Is
 
Sam J.  | 8:55 AM on May 12, 2026
     
After pushing the Virginia Supreme Court to wait until AFTER the election (likely assuming they wouldn't overturn it because WILL OF THE PEOPLE or whatever) to rule on the unconstitutional referendum, and then losing in a most embarrassing fashion, Virginia Attorney General Jay 'Two Bullets' Jones has been scrambling to find a way to overturn SCOVA's ruling.
 
It has most certainly not been a good look for the guy who texted openly about murdering a Republican and then watching his children suffer and die in their mom's arms.

Democrats sure can pick 'em.

Welp, as you may or may not know, the first appeal Jones sent to SCOTUS was riddled with spelling errors (he couldn't spell 'Virginia' or 'Senator' correctly, true story), and now the second one is even worse.

Check this out:

https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/05/12/va-democrats-week-gets-worse-scotus-paragraph-n2428106#google_vignette

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Nolte: Flailing Virginia Dems Mistakenly Address SCOTUS Request to Wrong Court

John Nolte 12 May 2026

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) appears to have gotten his law license from Minnesota’s Quality Learing Center. After misspelling “Virginia” and “Senator” on a recent appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, Jones’ office fired off an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States that’s addressed to — lol — the Supreme Court of Virginia.

In the first case… no spell check? The attorney general’s office doesn’t use spell check?

https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/2054172701623795721

In the second case of addressing the petition to the wrong court, I’m speechless at this level of incompetence, especially AFTER all those misspellings and when this case is 1) the most important thing on the planet to Democrats right now — I mean, even more important to them than sterilizing children, and 2) Democrats know the national spotlight is focused on this battle.

Just so everyone’s up to date…

On Friday, in a 4-3 decision, Virginia’s State Supreme Court overturned an April 21 redistricting referendum that was narrowly approved by voters on April 21. Had the referendum stood, Democrats would have gerrymandered Virginia’s congressional districts in a way that created ten Democrat seats and one Republican seat. Currently, Democrats hold only a one-seat advantage of 6 to 5.

The Court killed the referendum because General Assembly Democrats violated clearly stated procedures laid out in the State Constitution for changing the State Constitution.

After the Court announced that the gerrymander scheme was dead and buried, state and national Democrats freaked out.

First, they planned to decapitate an entire branch of government — the judiciary — by passing a law that would drop the retirement age to 54. Why 54? Because the youngest member of the Court is 55. And so, after all seven justices became ineligible to serve, Democrats would appoint seven justices who had pre-agreed to uphold the gerrymander referendum.

Democrats also planned to kill a 2020 referendum that passed by a two-to-one vote, creating a nonpartisan commission to handle redistricting. By overturning that referendum, Democrats could draw whatever map they wished.

Finally, in a last-ditch appeal effort, the attorney general filed this request for the Supreme Court of the United States to intervene… but addressed it to the same Virginia Supreme Court Democrats want to annihilate.

Here’s what’s so revealing…

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/12/nolte-flailing-virginia-dems-mistakenly-address-scotus-request-to-wrong-court/

[Wingnut]

The best DEI can elect in VA?  What a dumbass.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Stupid is the definition of a DEI, embracing color of skin rather than competence.

[DefiantMassRINO]

F-E-D-E-R-A-L-I-S-M, Dem b!tches.



... at least this ignoramus (me) didn't have to get a law degree to become stoopid.

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Dems Humiliated After Appeal To Supreme Court Goes Terribly Wrong

Trending Politics News
By Staff
May 12, 2026



Virginia Democrats are scrambling to salvage a failed redistricting overhaul after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the voter-approved measure in a razor-thin decision, triggering a rushed appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

But the emergency filing itself is now under fire.

According to a report from All Virginia News, the motion submitted by Democrats seeking intervention from the nation’s highest court was riddled with apparent typos and formatting errors, raising eyebrows as the party pushes a high-stakes legal argument with major political implications.

The controversy stems from last week’s ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court, which found that the redistricting amendment was placed before voters in violation of the state constitution. The court determined that lawmakers moved forward with the proposal after early voting had already begun, undercutting required legal procedures.

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https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/new-dems-humiliated-after-appeal-to-supreme-court-goes-terribly-wrong-jrupp/

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Wren Williams
@WrenWilliamsVA

If you’re the Attorney General and you have to hire outside counsel to argue your case, you should at least hire someone from Virginia.

Isn't it the job of the AG to argue cases for the Commonwealth?