Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats
The justices left in place a ruling that blocks a map Democrats said could have helped them win four additional House seats.
- The Supreme Court rejected Virginia's bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the House of Representatives.
- The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a constitutional amendment that voters narrowly passed, finding that the Democratic-controlled legislature improperly began the process of placing the amendment on the ballot after early voting had begun.
- The Supreme Court's order is the latest twist in the nation's mid-decade redistricting competition, and it's possible Democrats could use it in election-year messaging about a partisan Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democratic voting map | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive a voting map designed to help their party wrest control of the U.S. House of Representatives from President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in November’s midterm elections.
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KEYTBy John Fritze, CNN. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an emergency request from Virginia officials to reinstate a congressional map that would have benefited Democrats in this year's midterm elections, a widely expected decision that marked the court's latest foray into a national redistricting dispute. The ruling thwarts Democratic plans to use the new map to gain up to four additional seats in the House of Representatives this year. The c…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Virginia’s bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats
The U.S. 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.
GOP win: Supreme Court denies Virginia Dems’ bid to revive gerrymandered congressional map * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, the Gateway Pundit
Source link The US Supreme Court on Friday denied Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore the illegally gerrymandered congressional map. Chief Justice Roberts deferred the case to the full court. The high court, in an unsigned order, denied the application for a stay and kept the current map in place. “The application for stay presented to The Chief
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