The U.S. Supreme Court docket has denied Virginia Democrats’ request to remain the state Supreme Court docket choice that invalidated a voter-approved redistricting effort.
The one sentence order provided no clarification. Authorized consultants thought of federal court docket intervention in a state constitutional regulation case an extended shot.
There have been no famous dissents.
Earlier this week, Virginia Democrats had requested the U.S. Supreme Court docket to override final week’s choice by the state’s highest court docket that struck down a voter-approved redistricting poll measure forward of the midterm elections.
In an emergency software filed Monday, Virginia Lawyer Normal Jay Jones wrote that the Virginia Supreme Court docket was “deeply mistaken” when it invalidated the poll measure, arguing the choice was predicated on a flawed understanding of “election day” and usurps the authority of state legislatures underneath the Structure to oversee federal elections.
Jones urged the justices to motion shortly as a result of “the window for orderly administration of Virginia’s congressional elections is closing quickly.”
The state court docket ruling final week concluded that Democrats had violated the state Structure — basically failing to observe correct procedures — whereas racing to get the measure on the poll.
Authorized consultants who spoke with ABC Information final week stated they believed Democrats had little likelihood of a profitable attraction on the U.S. Supreme Court docket, on condition that the state Supreme Court docket could be the best authority coping with state constitutional points and that there have been no clear federal points at stake.
Democrats had hoped the election, which allowed them to redraw Virginia’s congressional map, may result in them having the ability to flip as much as 4 seats in Congress. The following state court docket choice was a serious victory for Republicans.
ABC Information’ Peter Charalambous and Oren Oppenheim contributed to this report.
