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Subramanyam slams Supreme Court ruling on Virginia redistricting
The dispute centred on whether lawmakers followed Virginia’s constitutional amendment procedures before the measure went to voters.
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Malvika Choudhary - Sat, 16, May 2026
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Suhas Subramanyam / X/@uhas Subramanyam
Virginia Congressman Suhas Subramanyam criticised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that blocked a voter-approved congressional redistricting plan ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
In a statement posted on social media on May 15, Subramanyam said the “Republican-controlled U.S. Supreme Court” had decided “to let the partisan Virginia Supreme Court overturn the will of millions of Virginia voters who turned out to level the playing field this November.”
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He alleged that President Donald Trump and Republican judges were prioritizing “their own electoral interests first and tilting the deck to stay in power.”
“Unlike in Virginia, Republican states are doing this with no input from their voters,” Subramanyam said. “I will continue to demand accountability and will make sure Virginians remember this in November.”
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 15 rejected an emergency appeal from Virginia Democrats seeking to restore a congressional map approved by voters earlier this year. The court left in place a 4-3 ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court, which found that the amendment process violated procedural requirements under the Virginia Constitution.
Virginia’s top court ruled on May 8 that the General Assembly failed to satisfy the constitutional requirement of holding an intervening general election between legislative approvals of the amendment.
The proposed map could have given Democrats up to four additional winnable congressional seats in Virginia and was viewed as part of a broader national redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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