As we’ve discussed extensively, Virginia Democrats rammed through a gerrymandering scheme last month, very narrowly surviving a statewide referendum to alter the state’s constitution. They barely won the snap election, despite an overwhelming spending advantage — including from the national Democratic Party and various dark money groups — that bombarded voters with propaganda in favor of the measure. 

They sold their power grab as “restoring fairness,” despite their aim of repealing some of the fairest congressional maps in the United States and replacing them with new district lines that experts regard as among the least representative and most unfair in the country. They were expecting an easy win. Instead, they got a nailbiter. And now Virginia Democrats’ cortisol levels are reportedly spiking again, as the state Supreme Court is set to rule on whether the entire enterprise was even legal in the first place.