The Virginia Supreme Court struck down the state's newly redrawn congressional map on Friday, invalidating a redistricting referendum that Democrats had counted on to shift the delegation from a projected 6-5 edge to a 10-1 supermajority, according to The Hill.
The Founders gave the power over elections to state legislatures and, ultimately, to the people — not to party strategists stacking decks before a single vote is cast. When a court steps in to call that play dead, the constitutional order is doing exactly what it was built to do.
Neither party gets to inherit a republic they haven't earned at the ballot box. That principle predates both of them.