The Supreme Court turned aside Friday an effort from Virginia Democrats to keep alive the commonwealth’s new congressional map, leaving in place the Virginia Supreme Court ruling holding the ballot measure process violated the Constitution. The one-line, unsigned, unexplained order from the justices declined to pause the state justices’ decision — effectively leaving in place […]

Virginia GOP leaders urged the Supreme Court to reject Democrats' long-shot effort to reinstate the nullified April 21 redistricting referendum.

The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of…