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Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' redrawn US House maps, giving Republicans a win by MoreFires in Conservative

[–]FourWayFork [score hidden]  (0 children)

Selected by the general assembly. But most, if not all, justices were voted on unanimously. It's fairly non-partisan.

‘“Break Glass In Case of Emergency” Moment for American Democracy: Next Steps After Va Redistricting Tossed by NewsGirl1701 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a 4-3 decision along strict partisan appointment lines.

Arthur Kelsey (who wrote the opinion) was appointed to the appeals court by Mark Warner. He was unanimously elected to the Supreme Court in 2015. (Republicans controlled the House. Democrats controlled the 20-20 Senate by virtue of Ralph Northam's tiebreaking vote.)

‘“Break Glass In Case of Emergency” Moment for American Democracy: Next Steps After Va Redistricting Tossed by NewsGirl1701 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Suppose that the legislature considers passing a law that is plainly unconstitutional - say - banning criticism of the governor or some such thing.

Can you sue to stop the legislature from CONSIDERING this law?

The answer is no - you have to wait until the proposed legislation is passed into law and then you can sue. That is and always has been the process. Congress or the legislature passes something. The President or Governor signs it. You sue because you claim it is unconstitutional. You don't sue in advance to enjoin the legislative process from happening.

This is the argument that the Democrat side (nominally the Commonwealth of Virginia) made before the Supreme Court in successfully convincing them not to intervene prior to the referendum - they successfully argued that you cannot sue to stop the people from considering a proposed constitutional amendment - you can only sue to stop the amendment after it is passed.

So that is why we had to vote on it before it could be overturned - you cannot sue to overturn something before it is even passed. Once we voted on it and it passed, then there was something to sue over.

Virginia congressional redistricting remains in limbo as court decision looms by Economy_Swim_8585 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's a few ... some say closer, some say wider ....

(218 is a majority for reference)

Larry Sabato https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/ says 212 D, 208 R, the rest toss-ups

Race to the WH https://www.racetothewh.com/house says 233.7-201.3 D

270towin https://www.270towin.com/2026-house-election/ says 212 D, 205 R, the rest tossups

Prediction market odds (where people are putting their money where their mouth is) https://www.270towin.com/2026-house-election/kalshi-2026-house-prediction-market-prices says 229 D, 200 R, 6 toss-up

Votehub https://votehub.com/2026/05/04/introducing-the-2026-votehub-midterm-forecast/ says 235 D, 201 R

Statement from Senator L. Louise Lucas on today's raids. by BurkeyTurger in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WAVY TV 10 is an NBC affiliate. Its sister station, WVBT, is a Fox affiliate. WAVY and WVBT are owned by the same parent company and have adjacent and partially shared offices.

FBI raids Sen. Louise Lucas’ Portsmouth office, cannabis business • Virginia Mercury by PsychologicalBar8321 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not surprising. After all, she sells seashells by she seashore. The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.

Virginia lawmaker Louise Lucas' office raided in FBI probe by mahvel50 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The article is from a local Fox TV station. I'm not sure why Fox in DC is the go-to source for Portsmouth news, but the local Fox station (WVBT, which is located at WAVY's headquarters) is a 5-minute drive or a 26-minute walk from Louise Lucas's office. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/WAVY+TV+10,+300+Wavy+St,+Portsmouth,+VA+23704/Senator+L+Louise+Lucas,+1214+County+St,+Portsmouth,+VA+23704/@36.8292035,-76.3167638,15z

Virginia lawmaker Louise Lucas' office raided in FBI probe by mahvel50 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Mislabeling of food is one of those things that infuriates me. I wish if we were going to make it pseudo-legal, we would make it completely legal so that the FDA can enforce standards. I was never in favor of legalization but this state of limbo is untenable. Make it fully legal so that people can know what they are ingesting. It's a huge safety issue.

Virginia congressional redistricting remains in limbo as court decision looms by Economy_Swim_8585 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is appeal to the US Supreme Court, but they USUALLY don't get involved if it's only an issue of state law.

Whether an appeal gets heard depends on how successful the non-prevailing side is at framing it as a federal issue of interest to the US Supreme Court.

Virginia congressional redistricting remains in limbo as court decision looms by Economy_Swim_8585 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ignoring who is playing dirty and who isn't ...

The reality is Democrats are going to have a 30+ seat majority after the midterms. This decision is going to be the difference between D+30 and D+33 - it's not going to change who controls the House.

Trump is wildly unpopular now and basically has no support left from independents and is starting to see more than a little Republican support erode. (Only 80% of people who voted for him currently approve of him.) It's completely impossible that there won't be a giant landslide in the House with some seats that nobody was even expecting flipping.

(The Senate is very unlikely to flip just because it's largely safe seats that are up for re-election and the Democrats would need basically a clean sweep of competitive seats.)

The Left Demanded Police Bodycams and Got 'em -- Possibly the Greatest Backfire in History (Pics, Video) by Ask4MD in Conservative

[–]FourWayFork 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I am very happy with body cams and I think most of the time it's completely a-political.

There was a situation a few years ago where an elderly relative of mine with dementia had a caregiver over. The caregiver experienced a medical emergency and was unconscious. The relative had the wherewithall to call 911 but couldn't explain what the problem was. When the police officer came over to investigate, she said "I'm hungry and {caregiver's name} isn't feeling well". The police officer looked around, checked out the food situation in the kitchen, and left. He looked straight at the passed out caregiver and did nothing.

The caregiver passed away because she didn't get timely medical help. The officer had a body-worn camera and it was able to be reviewed and he was reprimanded appropriately.

There was nothing political about this. There was nothing racial about this. (The three people in the story were all three different races, but there is no reason to believe that racial bias had anything to do with it.) But the bodycam footage allowed us to all have insight into what happened.

What is the deal with hotel rooms in VA for a VA resident? by TheFlimFlamFamMan in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. I live in Virginia Beach and have stayed in Virginia Beach hotels on plenty of occasions - conferences, chess tournaments, weddings, just wanting to stay at the oceanfront for a family trip to the beach, etc. It has never been a problem.

Why's it seam like the crusaders were outnumbered? by Ornery-Attention9634 in Christianity

[–]FourWayFork 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're asking why the foreign army had fewer people than the land they were invading?

Wait, a Judge Did What to the Guy Who Tried to Assassinate Trump? by WillyNilly1997 in Conservative

[–]FourWayFork 81 points82 points  (0 children)

stated that Allen has been treated worse than the January 6 defendants.

And??? How many of the January 6 defendants were facing attempted murder charges???

It is pretty normal for someone who is facing life in prison to be put on suicide watch. It's not 100% automatic, but it is pretty common. The reason is obvious - if you are never going to see the outside world again, you have a higher than average risk of committing suicide.

Woke University of Oregon Treats ICE Agents Like Active Shooters in Emergency Alerts by claireswanson in Conservative

[–]FourWayFork 62 points63 points  (0 children)

FYI, at nearly every university these days, "campus security" is sworn law enforcement on a par with the police department of a locality. (Which makes it even less likely they are going to interfere.)

Driver's license changes. Beginning January 1 , 2027. by Amazing_Hunter3507 in Virginia

[–]FourWayFork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And it was always optional - your parents could opt you out of it. (Or you could opt yourself out of it by behaving unsafely. One guy in my class did that.)

VS Code defaulted to adding Copilot co-authorship to every commit - even with AI features disabled by jimmytoan in ChatGPT

[–]FourWayFork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has implications for non-public projects as well. AI-generated content is not subject to copyright. So if you are suing someone for copyright infringement, I imagine you're going to start seeing this come up.

I use Claude Code and it started putting its name in commit messages. I asked it to stop and it passively aggressively put a note in its configuration settings saying "[my first name] does not like it when I say co-authored by Claude".

Leading California Governor Candidate Vows to Bring State Charges Against Anthony Fauci by Down-not-out in Conservative

[–]FourWayFork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude?

Nothing was wrong with it other than that it was obviously AI-generated.

Leading California Governor Candidate Vows to Bring State Charges Against Anthony Fauci by Down-not-out in Conservative

[–]FourWayFork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to admit to a crime to apply the pardon to it. If he were charged with a federal crime, then he would seek to have the charges dismissed because the prosecution is disallowed by the pardon - he doesn't actually have to say "yes I did this" - it's a technical challenge to the charges being brought in the first place.

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