The Frontier

The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved redistricting referendum on a procedural technicality, blocking a Democratic gerrymander that would have created an 11-1 partisan advantage.

Democrats in Virginia are reportedly brainstorming radical countermeasures, including lowering the state Supreme Court justice retirement age to the mid-50s to replace the entire bench and then challenge the underlying constitutional amendment.

Peter St Onge says the Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering could immediately shift 18 House seats to Republicans, with a long-term swing of 30-40 seats, moving the House from being Republican one-third of the time to almost half the time.