So much for the “radical courts,” eh?
Virginia Democrats, led by Attorney General Jay Jones, wanted the US Supreme Court to overrule the Virginia state supreme court on how to read the state constitution. Jones, Hakeem Jeffries, and other leading Democrats insisted that the 4-3 SCOVA decision was a miscarriage of justice, so much so that it crossed federal law.
Not one justice on the Supreme Court agreed:
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections.
In an unsigned one-sentence order, the Supreme Court left intact a ruling from Virginia’s highest court that invalidated an amendment to the state constitution authorizing adoption of the new House district lines.
The application for the stay came to Chief Justice John Roberts, who called for briefs from all interested parties by 5 pm ET yesterday. The one-line order notes that Roberts referred it to the whole court, and …
The application for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied.
No justice dissented or objected to the denial, at least not on the record. And that speaks volumes about the argument from VA Democrats who argued that the will of the voters overrides the provisions of the state constitution, as well as arguing that there was ever a federal case in the first place.
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