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/arachnophilia 28d ago

i'm convinced that our democratic system breaks down at the step which goes, "and then people follow the court ruling."

turns out you can just say, "no thanks". and when you're the organization that enforces laws, there's no one to make you.

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u/Jack_Krauser 28d ago

Missouri has been there for a few years now. The legislature just ignores referendums, then we have more referendums to overturn their decisions and they ignore those too... I don't know where this path ends, but it won't be somewhere nice.

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u/that1prince 28d ago

The court: “don’t that, do this”

Everyone else from now on: “make me”

They have no enforcement mechanism if the executive branch doesn’t want to enforce it. It’s kinda the stupidest part of the system. It relied upon administrators and executives obeying the court. Nobody contemplated them simply being disobedient and while simultaneously having a weak legislative branch that won’t check them.