Supreme Court blocks Virginia bid for a Democratic-favoring congressional map

The Supreme Court rejected Virginia officials’ emergency request to reinstate a new, Democratic-friendly congressional map, keeping the old map in place and likely limiting Democrats to as many as four added House seats this year. The 6-3 decision came as a one-sentence order with no explained reasoning, and Virginia’s challenge centered on state-law timing of a constitutional amendment rather than federal questions. Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Virginia would proceed with the existing map regardless, while other recent map rulings have favored Republicans in Louisiana and Alabama.