For those of you in the back, let me explain the ruling to those who have not read Virginia's constitution and laws.

The Tazewell County Circuit Court’s Final Judgment (entered April 22, 2026, in Civil Action No. CL26-266) is structured as a series of bullet-point declarations. Judge Jack Hurley granted the plaintiffs (Republican National Committee et al.) full relief on their Verified Complaint challenging House Joint Resolution 6007 (HJR 6007)—the Democrat-backed proposal for a constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting. The court ruled the entire process invalid from the beginning (“void ab initio”), voiding the April 21, 2026 referendum and all 2.5 million votes cast on it. Below is each bullet point from the decision, with a plain-English explanation and direct citations to the Virginia Constitution and Code it references.

1/7 • GRANTS final judgment in Plaintiffs’ favor on all counts of their Verified Complaint

This is the overarching ruling: the court agreed with every legal claim in the plaintiffs’ lawsuit. The Verified Complaint alleged that the General Assembly’s handling of HJR 6007 violated multiple procedural rules, constitutional requirements for amending the Constitution, and requirements for submitting questions to voters. By granting judgment on “all counts,” the court declared the entire amendment process legally dead.

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