At Supreme Court, Virginia Democrats Pressed Legal Theory Embraced by Trump
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Supreme CourtMajor DecisionsBirthright Citizenship UpheldTransgender AthletesThe Fed’s IndependenceMail-In Ballot LawAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. Its justices, by a 4 to 3 vote, rejected a voting map that would probably have flipped four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from red to blue.What state officials did next baffled election law specialists.Jay Jones, Virginia’s attorney general, a Democrat, raced to the U.S.
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- ▪Its justices, by a 4 to 3 vote, rejected a voting map that would probably have flipped four seats in the U.S.
- ▪House of Representatives from red to blue.What state officials did next baffled election law specialists.Jay Jones, Virginia’s attorney general, a Democrat, raced to the U.S.
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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Supreme CourtMajor DecisionsBirthright Citizenship UpheldTransgender AthletesThe Fed’s IndependenceMail-In Ballot LawAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTNews AnalysisAt Supreme Court, Virginia Democrats Pressed Legal Theory Embraced by TrumpA long-shot emergency request to restore a voting map was the latest salvo in an all-out legal war over control of the House.Listen · 7:54 min Share full articleThe justices on Friday rejected the application without comment or noted dissent.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York TimesBy Adam LiptakAdam Liptak is the chief legal…
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