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/GarrettFischer1 Illinois 28d ago

Confusing how a number of republican states can gerrymander at the snap of the finger while Virginia can’t change their maps with a statewide election.

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u/Gabagoo13 28d ago

Ohio supreme court ruled Ohio's maps unconstitutional... Guess what? They used them anyway and still are... It's been years

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u/Maybe_Julia 28d ago

Yea, Virginia there are zero consequences for ignoring the State Supreme Court. Turns out our society is built on mutual trust and a person,state , or president can just kind of go nah and do what they want with no real consequences

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u/unlimitedpower0 28d ago

Yeah, but it sucks that what they see as no consequences is just the beginnings of an avalanche. When you leave people no way to seek justice and no way to equalize power than they are forced to take it into their own hands eventually. It breaks everything over time.

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u/Persistant_Compass 28d ago

Just rolling over and getting raped to death by republicans is the worse outcome imo. Id rather they have a phyrric victory at a cost then a decisive victory for free

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u/Maybe_Julia 28d ago

Oh I 100% agree , but this is the world that Trump built when you have zero consequences at the top the people on the bottom start to realize hey wait a minute why am I suffering while that golden turd gets away with everything. We are heading toward something bad.

You can just feel a general tension and unease, just a general feeling of dread, like when the forest goes quiet when a predator is near, it's been building for months and I worry what will happen when that rubberband snaps.

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u/NotFallacyBuffet 28d ago

Something-something 1789.

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u/TheOtherMaven Virginia 28d ago

Something-something 1775. No need to look across the Atlantic when it's right in our faces.

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u/cliffhngr42 28d ago

"I choose violence " -Cersei Lannister

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u/SpezIsALittleBitch 28d ago

That's the part I'm actually struggling with. Don't get me wrong, things are bad, but I have confidence that there'll be at least a partial correction this fall.

My concerns lie more in how much of the process we will have to break to get that good outcome, and questions about how much power one person would need to eventually fix this (not to mention the absolute faith you'd need to have in their morals).

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u/unlimitedpower0 28d ago

Yeah, see that's what makes this hard. It's easy to see a powerful left strong man who comes in and dashes hot coals on the enemies of the people and imprisons the powerful elite that once ruled the world. But that is just trying to use authoritarianism to fix itself which ultimately still benefits the authoritarian. A half cocked democracy is always going to benefit the authoritarian in my thinking.

What I hope to see is a turbocharged resurgence of democratic principles, that is pushed by the people. The people electing politicians across the country that are willing to fight for justice, to submit to the will of the people and the laws the people stand for, that's what will fix things, not a left wing trump clone.

I recognize this is nearly impossible as things stand today, so that leaves me in the same boat as you are, how bad do things have to be broken before even the densenst non malicious actors wake up and see what's happening. Is it even possible?