Supreme court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore congressional map

Order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition

The 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 dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition . It was kicked off last year by Donald Trump urging Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines and was supercharged by a recent supreme court ruling severely weakening the Voting Rights Act that opened up even more winnable seats for the Republican party.

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15 thoughts on “Supreme court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore congressional map

  1. So the bottom line is the court’s order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition . Wonder how this will land.

  2. Basically the court’s order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition . What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

  3. The bigger issue here is order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting. That changes the calculation.

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  5. So the bottom line is order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting. Wonder how this will land.

  6. Order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting. Meanwhile the 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.

  7. If order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  8. Reading that order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting — hard to argue with the logic there.

  9. On one hand the court’s order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition . But at the same time order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting.

  10. If the 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, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  11. Think about it: the court’s order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition . That speaks volumes.

  12. The bigger issue here is the 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. That changes the calculation.

  13. In other words order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting. Curious to see how this develops.

  14. Considering order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  15. Think about it: order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting. That speaks volumes.

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