{"id":61778,"date":"2026-05-08T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/supreme-court-of-virginia-strikes-down-redistricting-amendment-keeps-current-maps-in-place-virginia-mercury\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:37:30","slug":"supreme-court-of-virginia-strikes-down-redistricting-amendment-keeps-current-maps-in-place-virginia-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/supreme-court-of-virginia-strikes-down-redistricting-amendment-keeps-current-maps-in-place-virginia-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court of Virginia strikes down redistricting amendment, keeps current maps in place &#8211; Virginia Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxOYlZwZUlsdzVQNGt5TDFmMVIydGFQc0ZrTFpmWFVvekg5d2xDaWk5S1JwTzJHSDR1RXlMNjBZcXR1Z2ZkTHJFNXBIX0tyckdiUDkzR3Y5Uk5ELTQySFoySWxOYW5FekNTVWRSQmxPWk5MUEh5SjVXb3ZkOG1ndTNjYmVrUmxKdjNoU2lRdWJXMmtvZWdGTTZOTEY2bGJFQ19iellTRDJFVUtaN2ZqSDdLWklDVTItcVJhSU1jY3dQaTVmY0poNmJUV0F3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court of Virginia strikes down redistricting amendment, keeps current maps in place<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Virginia Mercury<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPaE9TMzhmMUZkVWQtQ2dxMzJJM3JtQnl2N0htcUtyUHEtNmVfMWxGMXd4TURveWpPM0taOUROVGdyRVp3MEltSFBoVVppOGo4U3l0dnVDS1BlV1ZaUzJDMkxYNjJ4eTlXbHFhcDRvZ0NJcmFYelczTS1qX3VhVDhzczN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Supreme Court blocks referendum that would have helped Democrats win up to four more US House seats<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPcHRzNjYtREdERnR0NXZYUWI3eWdab3pTN3dGYVlURkgzd0VXSjFQblJUMU9DTExtdUJ5enl0M3M1emF5WHJJcnhRS29pVy1PaFBxcFNfTWd3TnRSVU9SX3doY01KZGEzU0R1dl9hc2hSdWR5N3Q2OUt1NVBoUUU5dkZsczB4a3RZZ25OcGdFWFRXRF9fRHlmamRuRjZHUEhN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">4 Takeaways From the Virginia Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decision<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxNSWY1WHYzRWZUdVRKdS1sMGJSbFJRRFBaLXE4ZjRVUl9UZFpxYmNpMUFwd0RPSXBkZFBiRHlud0xNWG5NaExCbzNyc0FENGdXOTNnaTBwVFVBTDFJMTcxdnR4U2RlZm5xSlVjYjJZdENHR2lQSU12a2RVdnNLamo1SGVla1BlQnNSdnJ4MllBMU45T3Y3OGYxZkFHLXJYSUNtWWZkNW5ORzFYcV9oUWFuTU1jREFPTHcteDVhTTlJdi16RkV0SmZJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Supreme Court blocks Democratic congressional map, boosting GOP midterm hopes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNbDFKblhCWTAzSUoxcVRBS3hMVjdyclM2ajBPNlM5N1N0b3dFemtDMzNKOHpXdGxKU2RMXzRNN1o5SXpycUtKaEFLX0syQ1JPUFFfck1yeWlOT1BEZWxHZndFQXhmR2prT2NFUHdwOWViaHcxTjZzQnFDd3VVQmJXR3J3Y1NIMUdyTFFRNkxoRmdsZE1oUlBTZGlQWV9Xdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans get massive win in fight for House with Virginia court ruling<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of Virginia strikes down redistricting amendment, keeps current maps in place&nbsp;&nbsp;Virginia Mercury Virginia Supreme Court blocks referendum that would have helped Democrats win&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/supreme-court-of-virginia-strikes-down-redistricting-amendment-keeps-current-maps-in-place-virginia-mercury\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}