This has not been a good week for the Democrats.
Following the decision by the Virginia Supreme Court to strike down the attempt by Virginia Democrats to redraw the congressional map in their favor, they appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which was ironic considering they have been calling the Supreme Court illegitimate for months now.
Everyone knew that the Supreme Court was not going to override the Virginia Supreme Court, especially on a state-related issue and to no one’s surprise, SCOTUS declined to even hear the case.
The best part was that the SCOTUS decision had no dissents, meaning that it was a unanimous decision. Liberal Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson did not even side with the Virginia Democrats.
And yet, Minority House Leader Hakeem Jeffries published a tweet today, criticizing the SCOTUS justices as right wing extremists. Look:
The American people will decide who controls Congress in November.
Not far-right extremists on the Supreme Court.
Send them all a powerful message that enough is enough.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) May 16, 2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a right wing extremist? Really?
What part of ‘no dissents’ does Hakeem Jeffries not understand?
From NBC News:
The Supreme Court on Friday turned away a long-shot effort by Virginia Democrats to revive a new, voter-approved congressional map they wanted to use in this year’s midterm elections.
The brief decision with no dissents leaves in place a ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court that found legal flaws in the process leading up to the referendum.
The legal fight had fizzled in recent days, with Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger saying Wednesday that the deadline to use a new map in Virginia had expired anyway.
Jeffries looks ridiculous here.
Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson rejected Virginia Dems’ appeal as well … they’re far-right?
Hakeem.
You just embarrassed yourself and your party.
You should apologize and resign. https://t.co/jHzphoLNtI— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) May 16, 2026
Had the Supreme Court decided differently for some reason, Democrat would be hailing the decision as final, but because it didn’t go their way, they will now go back to denouncing the court as illegitimate. They’re so predictable.
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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