While the emergency appeal for stay remained pending before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, some experts who spoke with Virginia Lawyers Weekly believed time was running out for the new maps to be implemented by the 2026 midterms. “My guess is the [U.S.] Supreme Court would not have any interest in adjudicating,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. “It’s not a particularly favorable time, more generally, for Democratic initiatives before the current Supreme Court, and that’s above and beyond the issue of state constitutional interpretation.”
