Some top Virginia Democrats express little hope that the appeal will affect this November's congressional elections and instead will focus on running in existing districts.
A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.
Democratic leaders in Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to use a congressional map drawn by Democrats and approved by voters that the state Supreme Court had struck down.
