The Viringia Supreme Court has rendered the surprise of the day with a decision invalidating the redistricting plan promulgated by means of a deceitful legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was narrowly adopted by state voters in a referendum last month. Today it went down in flames. Virginia Justice D. Arthur Kelsey, writing for the majority, held that Democrats “submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Virginia voters in an unprecedented manner” that violated state law.
Having expressed doubts about the gerrymandering project as a candidate while stumping for it once elected, Governor Abigail Spanberger has been exposed, or exposed herself, as a hack. That has to have hurt her carefully cultivated image. However, having endorsed the gerrymander on spurious high-minded grounds, of course, President Obama may be hardest hit by the court’s decision.
How sweet it is. In a variation of the satirical New York Times headline — “World ends tomorrow: Women, minorities hardest hit” — perhaps we can say: Obama, Spanberger hardest hit.
Democrats have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming midterm elections. I am going to enjoy this while we can.
