Virginia's Supreme Court moved last month to throw out a voter-approved redistricting referendum, and on Friday, May 8, House Speaker Don Scott and fellow Democrats filed a joint motion asking the court to stay that ruling while they prepare an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to The Hill.
The Founders gave the power to set election rules to legislatures and, ultimately, to the people through their constitutions — not to courts acting after the fact on maps that voters already weighed in on. When courts override ratified referenda on how districts are drawn, the constitutional order gets inverted.
Whoever controls the map controls the republic. That is true whether the party doing it wears red or blue. The oath doesn't have a party registration.