RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans want to block a federal court from approving a new legislative map until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on whether it’s even needed.
Speaker Kirk Cox asked the high court Thursday to delay a lower court’s plans to approve a new map after a Jan. 10 hearing.
The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear an appeal from Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that have been struck down as racially discriminatory.
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A lower court is moving ahead with plans to implement a new map, and a court-appointed expert released potential maps last week for consideration.
Cox said having the lower court approve a new map only to have it discarded later by the Supreme Court would confuse voters.
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