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民主党战略家就选区重划对共和党人放话：“你们在作弊。”
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民主党战略家就选区重划对共和党人放话：“你们在作弊。”
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弗吉尼亚州民主党官员周一请求美国最高法院恢复一份国会选区地图，以便在今年中期选举前助力本党，这是近期一系列中期选区重划诉讼中又一起提交至最高法院的案件。
此次紧急上诉源于州最高法院上周作出的一项裁决：该裁决推翻了民主党人通过4月公投重划弗吉尼亚州联邦众议院选区地图的尝试，而该重划方案本可帮助民主党额外拿下4个席位。民主党人请求美国最高法院暂时搁置该裁决，以适用于今年的中期选举。
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民主党官员称，这项裁决“极具误导性”，且“对全国有着深远的现实影响”。
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美国最高法院目前正深陷全美各州的选区重划浪潮之中，两党都试图在秋季选举中通过国会选区划分获取优势。继4月底一项大幅削弱1965年《投票权法案》适用范围的重磅裁决出台后，多个南部州已着手重新划分选区地图。
弗吉尼亚州的案件至少最初将由首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨处理，他负责受理来自弗吉尼亚州及其他隶属于美国第四巡回上诉法院的州的紧急上诉。罗伯茨要求相关方在周四晚间前提交该案的答辩意见。
尽管弗吉尼亚州的选区重划案并非基于《投票权法案》裁决，但民主党仍将其视为抵消共和党因该裁决获得优势的一种途径。然而，州最高法院裁定，州官员推动公投的程序违反了州宪法。
民主党周一在提交给美国最高法院的文件中表示：“弗吉尼亚州最高法院的裁决造成的不可弥补损害深远且迫在眉睫。”“该法院强迫弗吉尼亚州使用不同于州议会依据民众刚刚批准的宪法修正案所通过的选区进行国会选举，这剥夺了选民、候选人以及弗吉尼亚州依法获得经批准国会选区的权利。”
弗吉尼亚州的选区重划方案本可让民主党额外拿下多达4个席位，有可能将该州共和党籍联邦众议员席位缩减至仅1个。
此次紧急上诉由弗吉尼亚州民主党总检察长杰伊·琼斯以及民主党州议员提起。
但对民主党而言，此次上诉大概率将是一场硬仗，因为州最高法院是依据州法而非联邦法作出的裁决。
根据州宪法，州议会必须进行两次投票，才能将拟议的宪法修正案提交选民表决，两次投票之间需间隔一次大选。共和党人辩称，2025年10月底首次投票批准该公投的结果无效，因为当时大选的提前投票已全面展开。
最高法院是否存在党派政治？
在上诉书中，弗吉尼亚州民主党人表示州法院误读了联邦层面“选举”的定义，将提前投票也纳入其中。有趣的是，他们所依据的理论，正是大法官们正在另一桩涉及选举日之后邮寄选票案件中审议的理论。
就在最高法院审议弗吉尼亚州上诉案的同时，大法官们已批准阿拉巴马州修改其选区地图的请求。阿拉巴马州官员获准使用该州2023年制定的地图，该地图仅包含1个黑人选民有机会选举本族裔候选人的选区。
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此次上诉之际，部分大法官正公开讨论最高法院对今年中期选举的影响。继上月《投票权法案》裁决出台后，自由派大法官凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊与塞缪尔·阿利托大法官就路易斯安那州重划选区的速度展开了交锋。杰克逊指责最高法院为了影响11月的选举，背弃了自身的“原则”。阿利托反驳称这一说法“极具侮辱性”，这位保守派大法官表示杰克逊的异议意见提出了“微不足道”且“毫无根据”的论点。
几天后，罗伯茨在一场律师和法官会议上哀叹，人们普遍误解了最高法院的工作具有政治性。
“人们认为我们在制定政策决策，”罗伯茨说道。
“我认为他们将我们视为真正的政治行为者，”他说，“但我认为这并非对我们工作的准确理解。”
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Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to let them use new congressional map
2026-05-11T20:13:13.529Z / CNN
By John Fritze
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Updated May 11, 2026, 5:59 PM ET
PUBLISHED May 11, 2026, 4:13 PM ET
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Democratic Strategist to Republicans on Redistricting: “You’re cheating.”
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Democratic officials in Virginia asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate a congressional map that would benefit their party ahead of this year’s midterm elections, the latest map drawing appeal to reach the high court amid a flurry of mid-decade redistricting.
The emergency appeal follows a decision from the state Supreme Court last week that voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw Virginia’s US House map via an April referendum in a way that would help Democrats pick up four additional seates. The Democrats are asking the US Supreme Court to effectively put that order on hold for this year’s midterm election.
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The decision, the officials said, was “deeply mistaken” and had “profound practical importance to the nation.”
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The US Supreme Court is already deeply enmeshed in a flood of redistricting taking place in states across the country as both parties seek to eke an advantage out of House boundaries in the fall election. Several southern states have moved to redraw their maps following a blockbuster decision in late April that severely weakened the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Virginia case will be handled, at least initially, by Chief Justice John Roberts, who oversees emergency appeals from Virginia and other states covered by the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Roberts asked for a response in the case by Thursday evening.
Though it was not based on the Voting Rights Act decision, Virginia’s redistricting was nevertheless seen by Democrats as a way to offset the advantage Republicans have picked up from that effort. But the state’s highest court ruled that the process state officials used to create the referendum violated the state constitution.
“The irreparable harm resulting from the Supreme Court of Virginia’s decision is profound and immediate,” Democrats told the US Supreme Court on Monday. “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.”
The redistricting in Virginia would have given Democrats the chance to win as many as four more seats, potentially reducing the state’s GOP representation to a single district.
The emergency appeal was filed by Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, a Democrat, as well as Democratic state lawmakers.
But the appeal is likely to be an uphill fight for the party because the state’s highest court resolved the case based on state, not federal law.
Under the state constitution, the General Assembly must vote twice before sending a proposed constitutional amendment to voters for their consideration, with a general election intervening between those votes. Republicans argued that the first vote to approve the referendum – taken in late October 2025 – did not count because early voting for the general election was well underway.
Partisan politics at the court?
In their appeal, the Virginia Democrats said the state court misread the federal definition of “election” to include early voting. Interestingly, they have relied on a theory that the justices are considering in another case dealing with mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
At the same time that it is reviewing the Virginia appeal, the justices have approved a request from Alabama to change its map. State officials there were given permission to use a map the state enacted in 2023 that includes only one district where Black voters have an opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.
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The appeals come as some of the justices have openly debate the court’s impact on this year’s midterm election. Following the Voting Rights Act decision last month, liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traded barbs with Justice Samuel Alito over how quickly Louisiana could redraw its map. Jackson accused the court of rolling over its “principles” in pursuit of influencing the November election. Alito fired back, calling that “insulting.” The conservative justice said Jackson’s dissent raised “trivial” and “baseless” arguments.
Days later, Roberts lamented what he framed as a widespread misunderstanding of the Supreme Court’s work as political.
“People think we’re making policy decisions,” Roberts told a conference of attorneys and judges on Wednesday.
“I think they view us as truly political actors,” he said, “which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”
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This story has been updated with additional details.
CNN’s Devan Cole contributed to this report.
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