As RedState reported, Friday morning, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled against the Democrat Party in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and struck down its attempted gerrymander of electoral maps to give them a political edge for the November midterm elections. On Friday evening, VA Democrats filed a motion to appeal this ruling.
Virginia Democrats have filed a motion with the Virginia Supreme Court asking for a stay in its ruling against the redisitricting amendment pic.twitter.com/TwCbghre3K
— Brandon Jarvis (@Jaaavis) May 8, 2026
The Commonwealth of Virginia and Appellants Don Scott, Scott Surovell, and L. Louise Lucas, by counsel, move this Honorable Court pursuant to Rule 5:39 to delay issuing its mandate in the above-captioned matter. The Commonwealth has informed counsel for all parties of its intent to file this motion. Rule 5:4(a)(1).
Rule 5:39 provides that this court may defer the issuance of its mandate if a party intends to file an appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States. On May 8, 2026, this Court issued its decision in this case. Appellants and the Commonwealth intend to file an Emergency Petition to the Supreme Court of the United States. This motion is timely because it is filed within 15 days of this Court's order. Rule 5:39.
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This has the armchair social media lawyers all a-lather. However, former VA attorney general Ken Cuccinelli affirmed that the VA Supreme Court is the final authority on this matter.
WATCH:
🚨 JUST IN: Former VA AG @KenCuccinelli CONFIRMS Democrats have NO PATH to appeal the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision today, throwing their maps out
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 8, 2026
“This is the end, folks!”
This has been an AWFUL day for Hakeem Jeffries 🤣
Temu Obama whined and pledged to find a way to… pic.twitter.com/Rjti0VW6k1
JUST IN: Former VA AG @KenCuccinelli CONFIRMS Democrats have NO PATH to appeal the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision today, throwing their maps out
“This is the end, folks!”
This has been an AWFUL day for Hakeem Jeffries 🤣
Temu Obama whined and pledged to find a way to overturn this decision, but there’s literally nobody to appeal it to.
VA Supreme Court has the ultimate say on the state constitution!
Another attorney familiar with constitutional law, RedState friend Shipwreckedcrew, concurred with Cuccinelli's opinion.
The US Supreme Court has long held that state Supreme Courts have the final word on the meaning of State Constitutions.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) May 8, 2026
VA Dems appeal is going nowhere.
This is a developing story. RedState will update as information becomes available.
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