Read the opinion. The appeal was brought by the House of Delegates, while Virginia law gives the responsibility for redistricting to the General Assembly, not just the House of Delegates. The appeal failed on grounds of lack of standing to bring the appeal.
I know exactly what Ginsburg’s opinion says. Yes, the issue before the Court was standing, not the merits, but the question before *me* was whether in the end the standing issue wouldn’t matter because once SCOTUS rules for NC in the Rucho case and for MD in Benishek the lower courts would have to follow that precedent (presumably when someone with standing makes the claim). My point is that whatever is decided by SCOTUS in Rucho and Benishek would be irrelevant to the question on the merits in the VA case, which is related to race-based redistricting, not partisan redistricting.