The Virginia Supreme Court blocked a new congressional map that state voters had approved, handing Republicans a significant win in the 2026 redistricting fight, according to Bloomberg Government reporter Greg Giroux.
The court's ruling halts a map that Democrats had positioned to yield additional U.S. House seats. The decision comes after a year of redistricting battles across the commonwealth that had largely produced stalemate.
The Founders gave Congress — and the states — the power to draw their own maps for a reason: self-government is hard, and the republic demands that hard work be done by those accountable to the people. When courts must referee those battles, it is a sign the political class has not yet learned to do its duty at the table.