Virginia Supreme Court Stopped Redistricting Cold

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay One day after the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCOVA) heard oral arguments about the legality of the legislative process used by Democrat lawmakers to get the redistricting referendum to voters. It was previously ruled unconstitutional by the lower court. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ended Attorney General Jay Jones’s efforts to certify the referendum results. The Tuesday order was based on the RNC v. Koski case. In RNC v. Koski, a state challenge seeking to prevent an Apr. 21 election on a state constitutional amendment permitting mid-decade gerrymandering, alleging that the legislature has not yet properly passed the proposed amendment in two appropriate legislative sessions. On Feb. 19, 2026, the trial court issued an order prohibiting the holding of the