Lawmakers file motion asking state supreme court to pause its ruling against the redistricting referendum.
After the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, Democratic lawmakers in the commonwealth notified the court they intend to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Friday’s ruling by the state supreme court delivered another major setback to the party’s nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections.
Democrats, led by House Speaker Don Scott and Attorney General Jay Jones, filed a motion late Friday afternoon asking the state supreme court to pause its ruling from taking effect while they appeal for an emergency hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Wow, twenty three people?!?
Clearly you didn’t read the link: speakers lined up and spoke on redistricting for several hours, with none speaking for redistricting.
In South Carolina.
EDITED TO ADD: And those twenty-three you mocked have won. The South Carolina legislature has now overturned both a resolution to redistrict and a resolution to extend the legislative session to get the actual redistricting accomplished: between those two defeats there will be no redistricting in South Carolina, at least for now. Looks like those twenty-three who came to speak with one voice against the measure mattered a lot more than you wanted to think.