Posted on 04/27/2026 5:53:53 PM PDT by CFW
WASHINGTON — Democrats faced tough questioning before the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday during oral arguments on a redistricting referendum that narrowly passed last week, though most of the justices were oddly quiet.
Republicans have challenged the referendum, which paved the way for the Dems to pick up as many as four local congressional seats — potentially leaving them with a 10-to-one margin over GOPers — arguing that the Democrat-led General Assembly flouted procedural rules to get it on the ballot.
A constitutional amendment was needed to put it to voters — and state lawmakers have to approve a resolution in two consecutive legislative sessions, with an election in between, to do so.
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Right off the bat, a justice dismissed Seligman’s argument about the people of Virginia deciding the referendum and underscored the irregularities of the process.
The other justices who asked questions largely pushed Seligman over tougher procedural issues and generally had easier queries for the GOP’s lawyer
Notably, fewer than half of the state’s seven high court justices actually asked questions during oral arguments.
Another procedural issue raised involved the General Assembly neglecting to publish the proposed amendment 90 days in advance, then retroactively repealing that regulation.
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Then we have zero inkling of how *most* justices are leaning on this case and the headline may be wishful thinking.
If this is true, then the case should be open and shut, as that clearly did not happen.
Spamburger is truly hideous. She looks evil. She has a weird kind of witch-like ugliness about her. Disgusting and revolting.
Most leftist women have that same look. Demon-possessed is a good possibility. They have no soul; they exchanged it for something they desired.
Maybe maybe not. I looked at the trial court decision. I think it’s dead to rights in the several procedural irregularities that should void this election. I thought some conservatives such as Ben Shapiro were too quick to blow off the potential result of SCVA review. Now sometimes judges will blow off express statutory requirements to further a political end, but if that’s the majority opinion, they need to be prepared for some serious flaming in the dissents, based on today’s questioning
The justices are elected by the General Assembly. I haven’t reviewed their backgrounds and don’t know the liberal/ conservative break down. So we’ll see, but if they follow the law, the referendum is toast
That’s no power grab! That’s Saving Our Democracy.
Which means Only Democrats Can Win.
Of the seven justices, four were appointed by Republican governors (going back to Bob McDonnell). They each serve 12 year terms.
I agree.
Below is the judge’s Order from last week (only 4 pages so a quick read). The State will have to win on every one of the issues set out in the Order.
https://www.wjhl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2026/04/RNC-v-Koski-Final-Judgment.pdf
They overplayed their hand
That’s him essentially confirming his stayed order from January. Here’s the whole decision
https://virginiamercury.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Redistricting.pdf
Assuming VA gets thrown out, TX does their thing, and so does Florida. We might still be able to hold the house. And in doing so ward off impeachment attempts.
I fully believe that the republican congress would STILL not do anything, but at least we don’t have to hear about impeachments.
It was already argued before the VA SS and the judges let the special election take place. I’d these judges didn’t think (wrongly) that procedures were being followed, they would have agreed with the Circuit Court decision and not allowed the election. How can they back track and say their prior decision was wrong? I think the fix is in.
And they are re-appointed by the now, Democrat controlled state Congress.
Since it is a blatant violation of the VA state constitution shouldn’t there be indictments of the people who attempted to commit this crime?
Is it possible that they let the election go through because, just like for the 2020 election, until the election was held, no one had standing as there was no illegal action yet.
The Virginia Constitution says it has to be passed by the legislature *twice* with an election in between the two passages. Clearly, neither of those things occurred. Their prior decision *was* wrong, so as you said, why would they care what the law says this time around?
So do Grendel Witchmer and Hochul the Yokel. And those three aren't even the ugliest leftist women. I'll spare the forum a pic of Rosa Delauro to prove that point.
See Margaret Hamilton in Wizard of Oz. If she was green she’d be be a dead ringer to the Wicked Witch !
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