MIKE DAVIS: Virginia court's gerrymandering decision unmasks Left's insanity

The Virginia Supreme Court correctly and courageously ruled Friday that a Democrat-backed gerrymandering referendum violated the Virginia Constitution. The ruling ensured that Virginia, a authorities that Republicans mislaid by lone astir 5% successful 2024, would support its 6-5 Democrat-Republican map, compared to the 10-1 Democrat representation Democrats cooked up. Leftists went insane implicit the ruling. Since then, Virginia appealed the determination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The outlandish displays from Democrats to the determination are chilling but informative: If they ever summation powerfulness nationally again, the full state volition crook into what Virginia has become.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran arsenic a "moderate." During her run of platitudes, she stayed distant from the leftist proposals of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, alternatively focusing connected room array issues similar affordability. Upon taking office, Spanberger unmasked herself, instantly ending Virginia’s practice with ICE. Leftist legislators began introducing proposals to authorize the prosecution of ICE agents, an insurrectionist show against the lawful assertion of national authority. Spanberger rubber-stamped the extremist authorities legislature’s leftist agenda—which included a slew of caller taxation increases and pro-crime policies—and topped it disconnected by backing Virginia's gerrymandering efforts, on with erstwhile President Barack Obama, who antecedently decried gerrymandering.

The redistricting nonaccomplishment is different headache for newly-elected Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The Left attempted to redistrict by suit for decades successful states it was not capable to different gerrymander. Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana each had cases earlier the Supreme Court successful caller years to unit amerciable and unconstitutional race-based gerrymandering that produced immoderate of the slightest susceptible DEI Members of Congress successful the past of our Republic.

Leftists poured much than $60 cardinal into the effort to ram the Virginia referendum through. The occupation was that aboriginal voting had begun earlier the legislature voted successful favour of sending the referendum to voters. Under the Virginia Constitution, 2 abstracted assembly votes indispensable hap anterior to submitting a referendum for voters’ support oregon disapproval, with an predetermination successful between. Democrats argued absurdly that the archetypal ballot occurred anterior to the predetermination adjacent though aboriginal voting was good underway successful the predetermination Spanberger yet won.

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Many warned this program was unconstitutional, among them erstwhile Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. The determined and deranged Democrats did not listen. A proceedings tribunal justice enjoined the referendum from proceeding, but Jay Jones, the extremist leftist lawyer wide — who erstwhile supported the execution of children of his governmental rivals — argued the Virginia Supreme Court could not regularisation connected the referendum's legality until aft its completion, that is, aft voters had gone to the polls. The Supreme Court agreed and allowed the referendum to proceed arsenic Jones requested.

Former President Barack Obama's statesmanlike halfway successful Chicago is facing mounting scrutiny implicit a code inscription connected the gathering that has near viewers confused.  (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

The referendum narrowly passed, and the Supreme Court past heard arguments implicit its constitutionality. In a 4-3 determination authored by Justice D. Arthur Kelsey, an appointee to the Court of Appeals by then-Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat, the Supreme Court invalidated the referendum. The takeaway was clear: Legislatures whitethorn redraw maps, and adjacent gerrymander, but gerrymanders cannot beryllium race-based, and indispensable beryllium drawn according to the state’s instrumentality and constitution.

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Leftists mislaid their minds aft the Supreme Court’s ruling. Jones lambasted the determination arsenic governmental — restrained rhetoric for a antheral who had fantasized astir putting bullets successful the heads of then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert’s children. Sen. Tim Kaine railed against the decision, huffing that the Supreme Court should person ruled anterior to the referendum, ne'er caput that the justices did precisely what Jones asked: licence the referendum to proceed, past regularisation connected its lawfulness. Some online leftists urged Spanberger to disregard the court. The astir ridiculous suggestion, however, would destruct Virginia's judiciary.

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Michigan State University instrumentality prof Quinn Yeargain projected that the legislature little the status property of justices to 54, the property of the youngest justness successful the majority. The full tribunal would past person to retire, the leftist legislature could prime an wholly caller bench, the caller justices would rehear the case, and the referendum would pass. Another mentation of this phantasy progressive challenging the constitutionality of Virginia's autarkic redistricting committee that voters approved successful 2020.

A nonrecreational headshot of Law Professor Quinn Yeargain of Michigan State University. ((Courtesy of Michigan State University Communications and Marketing))

Thankfully, capable sane Virginia Democrats enactment their corporate ft down to halt this insanity. One accurately characterized the program arsenic "schizo hopium." Even though the deranged program failed, it remains instructive. Imagine if Democrats execute the trifecta: the House, the Senate, and the White House. They relentlessly bashed the U.S. Supreme Court and volition undoubtedly proceed erstwhile the justices diminution to instrumentality up Jones’ absurd entreaty of the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling.

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Leftists yearn to battalion the U.S. Supreme Court, adding astatine slightest 4 justices. Virginia stepped backmost from the cliff that galore demented Democrats wanted to leap over, for now. If extremist Democrats presume powerfulness arsenic they did successful 2021, they volition not hesitate to leap disconnected that cliff and instrumentality the remainder of the federation with them.

Vote accordingly.

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