For the moment, the Democrats have won. Their Machiavellian gerrymandering scheme passed by a slim margin Tuesday night, slicing and dicing Virginia’s congressional districts into a ridiculous jigsaw puzzle that most closely resembles Illinois’ comical maps — meaning they have no logic, other than to rig the result and disenfranchise millions of voters.
We saw a similar successful effort in California, with their nakedly partisan Prop. 50, which sidelines a huge percentage of the voting public, but in leftist Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s Cavalier State, the battle is actually not over.
Who could change the direction of this abject political power play, which has no basis in high-minded principle but is simply a ruthless, callous, authoritarian ploy? The courts.
Now, as I’ve written, I’m no fan of how an unnerving number of district judges have consistently ruled in what seems like a coordinated effort to kneecap President Donald Trump’s agenda at every turn imaginable, but they could actually prove themselves worthy for a change.
Former Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is urging them to do just that:
I urge the Virginia Supreme Court to rule against this unconstitutional process that will disenfranchise millions of Virginians.
“Disenfranchise” is exactly the right word, and it’s one that the Democrats regularly bring up as they thwart the common-sense legislation, the SAVE Act, which would require ID to vote. But when it comes to Republicans, they don’t care if they lock them out of the process by deeply unethical maneuvers. “The end justifies the means” is at the top of their playbook.