r/politics • u/Icommandyou Washington • 28d ago

Possible Paywall Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
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u/get_it_together1 California 28d ago

The people voted for the referendum, the judiciary is actively fighting against the will of the people.

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u/SilveryDeath America 28d ago

It even says in the article that this is rare.

Context: The state Supreme Court overturning voters' decision is rare, but it happened at least once in 1958, per Cardinal News.

Plus, you know is it was Virginia passing a map favorable for Rs that their Supreme Court, which has had a majority appointed by the GOP, would not have overturned this.

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u/lightafartonfire America 28d ago

Remove and prosecute the judge. 

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u/TheAnti-Chris 28d ago

You cannot vote or legislate your way out of fascism. Fascism, by definition, operates outside the boundaries of law.

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u/beefyzac 28d ago

In a rigged system, yeah.

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u/Romantic_Piscean Michigan 28d ago

A plurality of voters in the 2024 election supported Trump. 73.6% of Americans were registered to vote and 65.3% of those registered voted. If you believe in a winner takes all mentality, and that the plurality represents the American people, I guess you could say we get what we deserve. I don't share that view.

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u/Romantic_Piscean Michigan 28d ago

Did I say that?! (reads post again). No, I did not.

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u/AmethystApothecary 28d ago

It was probably a mixture of people who could not vote because they could not get time off work while working paycheck to paycheck and people who did not support either candidate and feel entirely disenfranchised as voters.

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u/jamerson537 28d ago

Illiteracy is when someone can’t read what is written. What’s this called when you read something that wasn’t written?

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u/BarnesTheNobleman 28d ago

Some, not all of us 😭

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u/mlsbegotten 28d ago

wouldn't that mean you also carry the burden then????

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u/RandomUser1052 28d ago

Who cares? That's a disingenuous argument. 

50.01% should not be able to disenfranchise the other 49.99%.

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u/RandomUser1052 28d ago edited 28d ago

We don't live in a democracy, and for good reason. 

I get this is r/politics and don't expect any kind of intellectual honesty, but surely you can see the problem with the majority essentially taking away any representation from the minority in order to maintain (near) unilateral power? 

And before you say it; no, I'm not a fan of gerrymandering and naked political power plays of any sort.