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Democrats in Virginia are apparently appealing the wrongful decision to the Supreme Court, making a mockery of the bitter battle over state lines on the state’s federal map.
Jason Miyares, the former attorney general of Virginia, led the online criticism on Tuesday, pointing to an earlier error in which Democrats misspelled the commonwealth’s name in legislative documents.
“Good news: Dems got Virginia spelled right,” Miyares said in a post on X. “Bad news: They sent their emergency petition to SCOTUS (the Supreme Court of the United States) in the wrong court.”
“Baby steps,” said the former Republican AG.
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks during an interview at the Attorney General’s Office in Richmond, Va. (Ryan M. Kelly/AP)
Indeed, Virginia legislators filed their emergency petition with an address to the “Supreme Court of Virginia” instead of the US Supreme Court, according to an image of the document shared by Miyares on social media.
He was also the one who had to point out on Friday that the Democrats misspelled the state as “Virgnia” instead of “Virginia” in their petition to the Supreme Court. In that error-ridden document, they wrote “Sender” instead of Senator.
Miyares’ latest jab adds insult to injury as Democrats are still reeling from a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a set of new maps designed to favor their party in the November midterm elections. This post also highlights Republican glee at invalid maps as Democrats hope to keep their momentum for abuse alive by taking the issue to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS).
The new maps would have removed four Republican-leaning districts.
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Failure to redistrict is one of Virginia Gov.’s biggest headaches. Newly elected Abigail Spanberger. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Virginia’s highest court late last week ruled that Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger improperly pushed through a constitutional amendment that temporarily repealed state-level felony limits.
In particular, the court ruled that Spanberger’s pressure also imposed requirements that any constitutional amendment must receive the approval of two separate sessions of the Virginia legislature before it can be put to a statewide referendum.
The most important thing, at least in the decision of the state court, is that those periods should be separated from the elections.
By the time the referendum reached consideration in the General Assembly last year, early voting in 2025 had begun. This led the Virginia court to conclude that the consideration of the amendment was not distinguished by a full vote and therefore could not be allowed.
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The Virginia State Capitol building is located in Richmond, Va. (Getty)
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Virginia is now asking the Supreme Court to review the state-level laws, saying the court “unlawfully overstepped the normal boundaries of judicial review.”
It is not clear when the case could reach the US Supreme Court.
