SouthernWorldwide.com – Democrats in Virginia have recently faced criticism and mockery following a significant blunder in their redistricting efforts, specifically filing an appeal to the wrong Supreme Court.
Jason Miyares, the former attorney general of Virginia, was among those who voiced their disapproval online. He highlighted a previous error where the Democratic party misspelled the state’s name on legal documents.
Miyares humorously remarked on X, “Good news: Dems managed to spell Virginia correctly. Bad news: They sent their emergency application to SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) to the wrong court.” He added, “Baby steps,” as a sarcastic jab at their perceived incompetence.
The emergency petition, intended for the highest U.S. court, was reportedly addressed to the “Supreme Court of Virginia” instead. This detail was shared on social media by Miyares, showcasing the document’s misdirected filing.
This latest gaffe comes after an earlier mistake where Democrats misspelled Virginia as “Virgnia” and also wrote “Sentator” instead of “Senator” in a filing to the Supreme Court. Miyares had previously pointed out these errors.
The criticism intensifies as Democrats are still dealing with a Virginia Supreme Court decision that invalidated new district maps. These maps were designed to heavily favor the Democratic party in the upcoming November midterm elections.
The invalidated maps were projected to eliminate as many as four districts that leaned Republican. The Democratic party had hoped to keep their gerrymandering strategy alive by escalating the issue to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS).
Virginia’s highest court ruled late last week that Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger had improperly expedited a constitutional amendment. This amendment aimed to temporarily suspend state-level prohibitions against gerrymandering.
Specifically, the court determined that Spanberger’s redistricting initiative bypassed the requirement for constitutional amendments to be approved by two separate legislative sessions before being put to a statewide referendum.
Crucially, the court emphasized that these legislative sessions must be meaningfully separated by an election. This condition was not met in the process.
By the time the referendum was considered by the General Assembly last year, early voting for the 2025 elections had already commenced. This timing led the Virginia court to conclude that the amendment’s consideration was not sufficiently separated by a full election cycle, rendering it invalid.
Virginia is now seeking the U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention in state-level legal matters. The state argues that the Virginia Supreme Court “impermissibly transgressed the ordinary bounds of judicial review.”
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The timeline for when the U.S. Supreme Court might consider this case remains uncertain.
