Virginia Trial Court Refuses to Enjoin the New U.S. House Districts

On Sunday, April 26, the a Virginia trial court in Richmond ruled that the new U.S. House district boundaries passed by the voters go can go into effect. Republican National Committee v Virginia State Board of Elections, CL26-1208.. Here is the opinion.


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Virginia Trial Court Refuses to Enjoin the New U.S. House Districts — 16 Comments

  1. Self-Districting: The Ultimate Antidote to Gerrymandering
    Abstract
    It is possible to end gerrymandering by removing the power to draw district lines from government officials and giving this power to the voters themselves. In a self-districting system, as described herein, each voter chooses which constituency the voter wants to join for purposes of legislative representation. These constituencies can be geographically based as in traditional districting systems, but they also can be based on other attributes—whatever associational communities the voters themselves wish to form. If enough voters join a constituency to form more than one district based on the constitutional principle of equally populated districts, then this constituency can be subdivided into districts based on strict computer-implemented geographical criteria without any possibility for gerrymandering. This self-districting system not only complies with the U.S. Constitution; it is also consistent with the Act of Congress that requires single-member districts. Thus, there is no federal law obstacle to prevent states from adopting a self-districting system for both their congressional delegation and their own legislative chambers. In fact, self-districting is a way to avoid the problem of minority vote dilution, a task likely to become more difficulty given anticipated changes in the U.S. Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on the topic. Because of the increasingly pernicious nature of gerrymandered districts, which cause voters—and most especially minority voters—serious representational harms, the alternative of self-districting, where voters are empowered to make these representational decisions for themselves, deserves serious consideration.

    Foley, Edward B., Self-Districting: The Ultimate Antidote to Gerrymandering (January 18, 2023). Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 111, No. p693, 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4328642 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4328642

  2. They need to, but they won’t. They are ultra Partisan demon rats. Trump needs to send in the Marines and Nationalist Guard.

  3. ONE MORE MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER MACHINATION IN VA SINCE 1618 — 1618

    P.R. IN ALL LEGISLATIVE BODIES

  4. Thank God for Ron DeSantis and Florida. They are going to push the redistricting battle in the right direction and, let us all pray, thus win the war. We do not need the demon rats taking control of congress yet again. They have done more than enough damage to our country already.

  5. Yahoo News, ASSoCIAted Piss, The Hill of Dung, and Reuters are all fake news, as you should expect from any link posted by the nAZi-666 spambot.

  6. Virginia Supreme Court upholds pause on Democrats’ stupid new map

    Davy Crockett at Not The Bee
    Apr 28, 2026

    Good news, everyone! Take a look at this post from former Republican state Senator Ken Cuccinelli:

    (NOTE: look for the headline at the start of this message at Not The Bee, we’re not allowed to post the link here)

    Here is the text of the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision:

    (NOTE: look for the headline at the start of this message at Not The Bee, we’re not allowed to post the link here)

    According to the local ABC (fake news) affilliate,

  7. Part 2

    “The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a request from Democrats and the state to pause last week’s ruling by a Tazewell County judge, which blocked the State Board of Elections from certifying the results of the April 21 redistricting referendum.” (End of fake news source quote)

    Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley had already blocked the Gerrymandering scheme before this vote, ruling that the whole thing was illegal on procedural grounds and that changing congressional districts this way required following strict constitutional amendment procedures.

    This was almost inevitable, but we’re pretty stoked that the Virginia Supreme Court came through on this one!

    One more statement from (fake news source) Newsweek:

  8. Part and final:

    “The justices’ choice to keep the injunction in place signals the court may be open to nullifying the election as broader challenges to the amendment continue to unfold.” (end of quote from fake news source)

    Translation: Ya done messed up, Dems! (End of Davy Crockett at Not the Bee)

    further translation: Dems is short for Demon Rats !!!

  9. Amen and Hallelujah! Unexpected good ruling!

  10. You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. At least eggs have come back down pricewise since Trump has been back in office.

    Also, those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.

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