House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York declared himself stunned by a court decision that almost everyone else expected.
On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Courtruledthat the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map, drawn by Democrats and narrowly approved by voters in a referendum last month, violated Virginia’s state constitution.
“We are exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision,” Jeffries said Fridayin a statementposted to the social media platform X.
Moreover, the New York Democrat boldly declared that the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision “cannot stand.”
As House minority leader, Jeffries has no authority over the rulings of state courts.
“Over three million Virginia citizens cast their votes in a free and fair election,” Jeffries wrote, “yet the State Supreme Court has chosen to invalidate their voice, disenfranchise them and violate their due process rights. The decision to overturn an entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand.”
On April 21, Virginia voters approved the Democrats’ gerrymandered map by approximately 51.7 percent to 48.3 percent.
At the time, however, many observers recognized the vote asproblematic. After all, earlier this year, a judge in the Old Dominion’s Tazewell County twice ruled against the new map. Virginia’s Supreme Court then allowed the referendum to proceed, albeit with a caveat that judicial review of the map would continue.
Afterward, both theTazewell County judgeand theVirginia Supreme Courtrefused to allow the election’s certification.
As of last week, leading Virginia Democratsreportedly expectedthe state’s highest court to rule against them.
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