2026年5月15日 / 美国东部时间下午6:38 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：梅利莎·奎因
华盛顿讯——美国最高法院周五驳回了弗吉尼亚州民主党人的一项请求，该请求旨在重启为帮助该党在即将到来的中期选举中占据优势而制定的、经选民批准的新国会选区地图。
最高法院以未署名的单句命令形式，维持了弗吉尼亚州最高法院的一项裁决，该裁决判定一项授权采用新国会选区划分的州宪法修正案无效。
弗吉尼亚州民主党人本周早些时候发起了恢复新投票边界的最后一搏，但这被认为希望渺茫，因为最高法院通常不会审查州最高法院对州法律的解释。
民主党人一直在多个州努力对抗共和党主导的重新选区划分行动，以削弱共和党在11月保住众议院多数席位的可能性。
此次中期重新选区行动始于去年，当时得克萨斯州在特朗普总统的敦促下通过了一项国会选区划分方案，该方案可能为共和党增加5个众议院席位。作为回应，加州官员制定了新的众议院选区边界并获得选民批准，旨在为民主党争取5个新席位，抵消共和党在得州可能获得的席位增量。最高法院已允许这两项方案在中期选举中使用。
北卡罗来纳州、密苏里州和佛罗里达州的州议员也重新调整了众议院的投票选区划分，以增强共和党在当地的选举优势。
在弗吉尼亚州，民主党州议会领袖于去年10月启动了重新划分该州国会选区的行动，当时州议会首次通过了一项拟议的宪法修正案，允许在十年任期内更改弗吉尼亚州的众议院选区。该法案于今年1月在州议会获得第二次通过。
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该修正案于今年4月提交弗吉尼亚州选民表决并获得通过，为新地图的实施扫清了道路。
但几天后，弗吉尼亚州最高法院叫停了此次重新选区计划。法院以4比3的投票结果认定，州议员在将该提案提交选民表决时未遵循正当程序，违反了弗吉尼亚州宪法。
州民主党领导人随后不久便向美国最高法院寻求紧急救济，并辩称州法院的判决在联邦法律问题上“存在严重错误”。
“弗吉尼亚州最高法院强迫联邦使用州议会依据民众刚刚批准的宪法修正案通过的选区进行国会选举，这剥夺了选民、候选人和弗吉尼亚州依法获得国会选区的权利，”民主党人在 their 请求书中写道。
弗吉尼亚州共和党人敦促最高法院驳回民主党人的请求，辩称他们“在实质问题上没有任何依据”，且弗吉尼亚州最高法院的裁决基于州法律，而非联邦法律。
弗吉尼亚州民主党人的此次请求只是最高法院介入州重新选区争端的最新一例。此前已有多个州为党派利益寻求修改选区划分，而在上月最高法院削弱了《选举权法案》的一项关键条款的标志性裁决后，部分南方州的共和党人也在加紧重新划分众议院选区。
自那以来，路易斯安那州、阿拉巴马州和田纳西州的官员已表示，将在初选前推进新的选区划分方案。
Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to revive new congressional map
May 15, 2026 / 6:38 PM EDT / CBS News
By Melissa Quinn
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections.
In an unsigned one-sentence order, the Supreme Court left intact a ruling from Virginia’s highest court that invalidated an amendment to the state constitution authorizing adoption of the new House district lines.
Virginia Democrats had mounted a last-ditch effort to restore the new voting boundaries earlier this week, but it was considered a longshot, since the Supreme Court typically does not review interpretations of state law by a state’s highest court.
Democrats have been working to counter Republican-led redistricting efforts in several states to bolster the GOP’s chances of holding onto the House majority in November.
The mid-decade redistricting push began last year after Texas, at President Trump’s urging, adopted a congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats. In response, California officials drew — and voters approved — new House boundaries that aimed to net Democrats five new seats, offsetting Republicans’ potential gains in Texas. The Supreme Court has allowed both of those maps to be used in the midterm elections.
State lawmakers in North Carolina, Missouri and Florida have also reconfigured their House voting lines to give Republicans more of an advantage.
In Virginia, Democratic legislative leaders began their effort to redraw the state’s congressional map in October, when the General Assembly first passed a proposed constitutional amendment allowing it to change Virginia’s House districts in the middle of the decade. The measure was approved by state lawmakers a second time in January.
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The issue went before Virginia voters in April, who approved the proposal and cleared the way for the new map.
But days later, the Supreme Court of Virginia blocked the redistricting plan. In a 4-3 decision, the court found that state lawmakers failed to follow the proper process for putting the proposal before voters, in violation of the Virginia Constitution.
State Democratic leaders sought emergency relief from the U.S. Supreme Court soon after and argued that the state court’s decision was “deeply mistaken” on issues of federal law.
“By forcing the Commonwealth to conduct its congressional elections using districts different from those adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to a constitutional amendment the people just ratified, the Supreme Court of Virginia has deprived voters, candidates, and the Commonwealth of their right to the lawfully enacted congressional districts,” they wrote in their request.
Virginia Republicans urged the high court not to grant Democrats’ request, arguing that they “have no case on the merits” and that the Supreme Court of Virginia’s decision hinged on state law, not federal law.
The request from Virginia Democrats was just the latest attempt to get the Supreme Court to intervene in state redistricting fights. While states had sought to change their maps for partisan gain, Republicans in some Southern states are also scrambling to redraw their House district boundaries after the Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in a landmark decision last month.
Since then, officials in Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee have said they’ll pursue new maps ahead of their primary elections.
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