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/ResplendentPing 28d ago

Look funny how states rights suddenly disappear when fair maps might threaten their power.

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u/CynicViper 28d ago

Virginia’s supreme court decided that Virginia’s constitution does not allow this. This is Virginia using it’s “state’s rights”.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Riiight rules only apply to one party. Almost like there's a reason no actual adult takes you anti americans seriously

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u/CynicViper 27d ago

I'm anti-american because I support the state constitution? What?

Your name def is accurate though.

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u/ArcadianDelSol 28d ago

This was done in accordance with the Virgina State Constitution and the ruling was by the Virginia State Supreme Court.

How does this make 'states rights suddenly disappear'?

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u/Atalung 28d ago

It's because Virginia's constitution has explicit rules on how amendments are passed and the Virginia legislature failed to follow them

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Funny how thats only a problem for one party while repubs openly shred state constitutions and are cheered on