On February 27, the Virginia Circuit Court in the city of Richmond ruled that the 2012 session of the legislature does have authority to draw U.S. House district boundaries. See this story. The case is Jennifer Little v Virginia State Board of Elections, CL 11-5253. Last month the same court had ruled that the plaintiffs had standing. The plaintiffs had argued that the Virginia State Constitution requires the U.S. House districting to be done in the year after the census. But, in 2011, the legislature did not draw new districts, although it did do so early in 2012.