7 hours ago · Politics · 0 comments

One of our most regular readers and contributors is A.B. in Wendell, NC, who has just completed her degree. (We do not normally reveal the gender of readers, but A.B. herself has noted it in her letters many times.) In any event, we wanted to extend our congratulations to her, and to anyone else out there who is reading, and who is part of this year's graduating classes. Three cheers for you all! Legal News, Part I: Virginia Supreme Court Decides to Rock Democrats' World Yesterday, the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated the special election in which Virginia voters approved the legislature's new district maps that would (likely) allow Democrats to gain four more Congressional seats. In a 4-3 decision, the Court found that the state legislators did not follow the process outlined in the state Constitution, which requires two votes in the general assembly with an intervening election between the two votes. Click here for full story

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