“If I were a gambling man, I’d bet on it.”
This is what the Republican former attorney general of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, told me when I asked him how he thought the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCOVA) would rule on the gerrymandering referendum that just passed this week. Cuccinelli was my guest on the most recent edition of my podcast – recorded Thursday, so the information is fresh – and he had some enlightening information to share on the heavy burden that now rests on Democrats to prove they didn’t violate the state constitution in seven different ways from Sunday to get this referendum in front of voters.
It was some hopeful news for those of us who have come to distrust courts and just assume activist judges will ruin everything good.
Also of importance: it has been confirmed that SCOVA will hear arguments starting Monday.