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I can’t even with this lawyer brain.  This was a decision by republican politicians to help out other republican politicians.  So now they want to appeal to yet another group of republican politicians?  Gee guys, I wonder what they’ll do?  They might as well appeal to a committee of Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, and John Thune.

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Seriously.  I thought democrats were starting to get it, but this move just shows they still don’t.  Apparently even after Calais, Virginia democrats still think SCOTUS is some neutral forum that will fairly apply the law.

I’m not sure what it’s going to take to get it through their thick skulls.  How about they take a page from how republicans have reacted to court losses?

They could look at Ohio republicans and just ignore their state Supreme Court.

Or they could look at Utah republicans, who launched a bad faith investigation of a justice who ruled against them and forced her to resign.

Or they want a veneer of legality around it, they could get creative and lower the retirement age for Supreme Court justices to 70, forcing one of the justices who ruled against them off the bench, immediately appoint a replacement, and get the case reheard.  [/quote]

Okay.  Say the Supremes overturn the referendum ruling.  
You do know that the Dems appealed to the VASC to delay the ruling (prior to the election) because of the Virginia law--you know, the law they are NOW complaining about with the timing of the election.

GOP has also filed against the referendum results on the basis of the lack of "neutral language" in it.  VA Supremes did not rule on that because they already overruled the referendum.  
I don't understand how this all works, but if the US Supremes rule in favor of the Dems, does that case still get considered?[/quote]

Why are you wasting time thinking about things that won’t happen.  The Supreme Court is controlled by republicans and will vote for republican interests.  Why can’t democrats understand that?  It’s like you guys just can’t let go of this fairy tale that the Supreme Court has anything to do with law or justice.  They are politicians in robes.  Accept that and act accordingly.[/quote]

So make them do it.  Don't pre-surrender.  Make them do what we all know they are going to do.  Hem them in and expose the partisan bs for the partisan bs it is.

Whether State Constitutions, State Courts, State Electorates, and State Governors even have any say in federal elections is something this partisan SCOTUS (and the GOP) has been flirting with and was the legal cover for what they were trying to do on Jan 6th.

Louisiana is talking about cancelling an election that is ongoing right now in order to redistrict after the VRA decision.

Make SCOTUS either rule against those shenanigans or overturn the Virginia Courts decision.  There are broader implications involved.  What's good for the goose must be good for the gander.  Not making them choose is a flight of idiocy.[/quote]

And on what ground would they overturn the VA Supreme Court's ruling on what the Virginia Constitution says?  SCOTUS has no say, unless there was some sort of due process issue which there is not.  You seem to think you will make them go on record but that is not what would happen.  They would just deny cert without comment.  There is nothing partisan in this one.  [/quote]

According to their theory neither the VA Supreme Court or the Virginia Constitution has any relevence.  The only thing that matters, according to their theory, is what the Legislature says.

Don't assume anything or pre-surrender.  Use their own arguments.[/quote]

Didn't the VA legislature propose the original amendment to have non-partisan redistricting?  I think it passed with well over 60%.

The irony is that in the court case, it was the AG who requested that the election go forward and wait until after the election to rule.

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And the legislature proposed this one as well.  According to MAGA theory the legislature has absolute unchecked power to do whatever they want without regard to state constitutions, state courts or even the results of a vote.[/quote]

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Re all the dishonest liberal pundits spouting off numbers about the Virginia vote total on redistricting:

1.605 million -- YES
1.499 million -- NO

2.771 million -- YES
1.447 million -- NO

The first vote was on the 10-1 map.

The second vote was on the Amendment to the Virginia Constitution in 2020 banning partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of congressional maps.

Where was democracy most ignored?

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Ironically, most of the people who voted yes in 2020 were the same people voting yes again this year. Dems have been pushing to ban gerrymandering for years.

Republicans are perfectly fine with gerrymandering as long as it helps them.

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Doesn't that show Democrats are also perfectly fine with gerrymandering as long as it helps them?
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This is really simple:

Democrats: We oppose gerrymandering by all parties, but if Republicans do it, we will follow suit.
Republicans: We are in favor of gerrymandering, but only when we do it.[/quote]

[b]Suggest you take a look at New England.[/b]  NO GOP reps--and high 40% vote GOP.[/quote]

+100. The hypocrisy on gerrymandering is pretty glaring. Democrats will talk endlessly about Republican gerrymanders in the South, but somehow New England gets a pass even though Republican voters there can make up a huge share of the electorate and still get almost no representation. That is not some noble defense of democracy. It is the same game with different beneficiaries.[/quote]

How many times does this need to be explained to you morons?

1. Republicans aren't concentrated in New England. There is no way to carve out a district unless you draw a circle round all of the MAGA houses.

2. Democrats have pushed to ban gerrymandering for years and Republicans have fought it. You can't BoThSiDeS this. 
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Maine is still part of New England, last I checked.

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