Obama ripped for SCOTUS hot take after support for Virginia ‘gerrymander’

Obama ripped for SCOTUS hot take after support for Virginia 'gerrymander'

The 6-3 decision declared Louisiana's congressional map an illegal racial gerrymander favoring a majority-Black district

Former President Barack Obama campaigns for Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, in Newark on Nov. 1, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg)

The Virginia redistricting map was approved narrowly by voters late week in a special election that the Virginia Supreme Court allowed to be held amid a legal fight over the 'ramming' through of mid-decade redistricting. (Virginia Legislative Information System)

Then-Louisiana State Sen. Cleo Fields speaks during the swearing in of the state Legislature in Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 8, 2024. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)

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