State supreme court crushes Virginia Democrats' $70 MILLION gerrymander
Democrats figured they were all but guaranteed 10 out of Virginia's 11 congressional seats. The state's high court just killed that dream.
Virginia voted last month in favor of a referendum to adopt a gerrymandered congressional map that would all but guarantee that 10 out of the state's 11 congressional seats go to Democrats in the upcoming midterm election.
Democrats — who blew over $60 million on this redistricting effort — were evidently premature in their celebrations.
'Justice has been served.'
To the likely chagrin of former President Barack Obama, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, and other Democrats who championed the gerrymandering initiative, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday that "the legislative process employed to advance this proposal violated Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia."
In its Friday ruling in Scott v. McDougle, the state's high court echoed the conclusions previously drawn by Jack Hurley Jr., the Tazewell County Circuit judge who initially heard the legal challenge advanced by Virginia state Sen. Ryan McDougle (R) and others.
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