Virginia Democrats’ gambit to pull the Supreme Court into a state gerrymander backfires for them
Virginia Democrats’ bid to drag the US Supreme Court into a Virginia gerrymandering dispute would shift control of state election law from Virginia’s courts to a federal bench with a Republican tilt, risking worse, more partisan redistricting; the piece argues the independent state legislature doctrine is flawed, Moore v. Harper’s limits are misapplied, and empowering the Court would be a reckless expansion of federal power over state elections.