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In one sense, this outcome should surprise no one. On the other, the judicial process these days make this a pleasant shock, if perhaps mild. The Virginia state supreme court struck down the referendum that Democrats slammed through their primary election. The irregularities in the process were so profound that it renders the vote result "null and void":QuoteThe Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections.The court ruled that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless.“This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” the court said in its opinion.QuoteIn this case, voting in the general election for the House of Delegates began on September 19, 2025, and ended on Election Day, November 4, 2025. The General Assembly voted for the first time to propose the constitutional amendment to the electorate on October 31, 2025. By that date, over 1.3 million votes had been cast in the general election, which was approximately 40% of the total vote for that election cycle. ...For these reasons, we hold that the definition of “general election” in Article XII, Section 1 describes the combined actions of voters casting ballots and officers of election receiving those votes and closing the polls on the last day of the election. The plain and ordinary meaning of the expression matches the historical definition embraced by the courts and legal scholars. Article XII, Section 1 requires an intervening “general election” after the first legislative vote in favor of a proposed amendment and prior to the second legislative vote before the General Assembly has the constitutional authority to submit the proposal to the voters. In this case, the General Assembly passed the proposed constitutional amendment for the first time well after voters had begun casting ballots during the 2025 general election.
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections.The court ruled that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless.“This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” the court said in its opinion.
In this case, voting in the general election for the House of Delegates began on September 19, 2025, and ended on Election Day, November 4, 2025. The General Assembly voted for the first time to propose the constitutional amendment to the electorate on October 31, 2025. By that date, over 1.3 million votes had been cast in the general election, which was approximately 40% of the total vote for that election cycle. ...For these reasons, we hold that the definition of “general election” in Article XII, Section 1 describes the combined actions of voters casting ballots and officers of election receiving those votes and closing the polls on the last day of the election. The plain and ordinary meaning of the expression matches the historical definition embraced by the courts and legal scholars. Article XII, Section 1 requires an intervening “general election” after the first legislative vote in favor of a proposed amendment and prior to the second legislative vote before the General Assembly has the constitutional authority to submit the proposal to the voters. In this case, the General Assembly passed the proposed constitutional amendment for the first time well after voters had begun casting ballots during the 2025 general election.
remember how this ballot initiative was worded? It was "fair" to pass this bs, and the proponents outspent the opposition bigly. Heard on the news it violated the state constitution at least on four grounds and there was no way it would stand.
Ed wrote about the decision by the Virginia Supreme Court earlier today. The bottom line is that, after much effort by Democras from Barack Obama on down, the court says they violated the established procedure for changing the state constitution, which required two votes with an election in between them....So today, as they see it being overturned, they are losing what little was left of their minds. Here's Hakeem Jeffries denouncing the VA court and the Supreme Court all at once, because why not....It's true that 3 million people voted but he didn't mention that 1.5 million of them were against this plan. Presumably they aren't unhappy about today's result. As for his promise that the decision will not stand, he doesn't say what that means. This is a state Supreme Court which has the final say over Virginia law. So what is his plan exactly?Creepy Virginia AG Jay Jones, who was elected despite wishing to murder his Republican opponents and their children, also put out a statement claiming the Va Supreme Court had put politics over the law.
There are few things more satisfying in politics than watching leftists throw a tantrum over a ruling they brought on themselves. The Virginia Supreme Court delivered exactly that kind of moment Friday when it struck down Democrats' newly drawn congressional map as unconstitutional — and CNN obliged with the kind of on-air hysteria that is difficult to ignore....Here's where it gets even better for the left's partisan-judge excuse factory: the author of that opinion is Justice Arthur Kelsey, who first rose through the judiciary when then-Governor Mark Warner — a Democrat — appointed him to the Virginia Court of Appeals. A Democrat appointed the very judge who torpedoed the map. You simply cannot blame this one on a MAGA bench.CNN, naturally, was not interested in those details.Kasie Hunt set the tone early by framing the ruling as a devastating blow to minority representation in the South. After noting that the Virginia Supreme Court struck the map down on state constitutional grounds, she looked into the camera and asked, "How is any of this... good for America?"...But the real performance came from Abby Phillip on NewsNight. She opened the segment with a rather unhinged monologue.”We are, to be frank, in the depths of hell now when it comes to redistricting," Phillip said. "I don't think there's a better way to put it. Like there's no bottom officially here." She went on to predict "chaos" and declare it "terrible for our democracy" — all because the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the state constitution.Phillip also suggested that black voters across the South are poised to "lose pretty much most, if not all, of their representation in southern states." This is the go-to leftist framing whenever a Democrat-drawn majority-minority district gets challenged — and it collapses under the slightest scrutiny. Black voters don't require black-majority districts to have meaningful representation. A black Republican, for instance, can represent black constituents just fine. What Democrats actually want isn't black representation — it's Democratic seats. ...
