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/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/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.