'Justice': Celebration, mockery erupt after Spanberger 'gerrymander' is blown up in blockbuster decision
Republicans erupted in euphoria and mockery after the Virginia Supreme Court issued an earthshattering rebuke of Democrats' hasty efforts to draw out all but one Republican from the Old Dominion's...
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Republicans erupted in euphoria and mockery after the Virginia Supreme Court issued an earthshattering rebuke of Democrats' hasty efforts to draw out all but one Republican from the Old Dominion's congressional delegation — with the case’s lead plaintiff telling Fox News Digital the decision vindicated critics of the plan. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to invalidate Democrats’ major redistricting effort, as Justice D. Arthur Kelsey specifically called out Attorney General Jay Jones and said the Democratic-led legislature's failure to properly follow state law in its timeline for the redistricting amendment — including an "intervening election" clause — was the reason, not politics or which side won April’s popular vote. Celebration erupted almost immediately as Republicans and "Vote NO" proponents mocked the alleged "gerrymander’s" proverbial architect, Senate President Pro Tem Lillie Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, whose office and cannabis dispensary were raided by the FBI earlier this week. Former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican who, along with former AG Jason Miyares, led the charge against the redistricting, celebrated in a tweetstorm of analysis within moments of the decision. VIRGINIA COURT DECLARES STATE'S REDISTRICTING VOTE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN LEGAL WIN FOR REPUBLICANS Cuccinelli mocked Lucas, who often launched profane attacks on redistricting critics like Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, and depicted Virginia’s GOP delegation as future McDonald’s workers or people being pulled away from potential chairmanships. "BTW [by the way] the vote was 4-3 — maybe Senator Lucas will sell ‘4 f’in 3’ t-shirts or maybe 6-f’in-5 t-shirts." "The court explains its decision not to intervene prior to the referendum, and quotes the exchange with Justice Russell at the beginning of oral argument about the outcome (i.e., "yes" winning by 3 pts) in which [Jones'] lawyer conceded the outcome doesn't matter," Cuccinelli added in one of several tweets. Virginia Sena…