Virginia Redistricting Ruling Revives Never-Litigated Questions About California’s Prop 50 Scheme
May 9, 2026
When the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Friday morning invalidating Virginia’s redistricting initiative, my second thought (after excitement for my friends in Virginia) was how disappointed I was that Californians opposed to Gavin Newsom’s Election Rigging Act weren’t allowed to have their day in court regarding the questionable procedural maneuvers Democrats utilized to gut voter-approved constitutional protections around redistricting.