Albo (R-Fairfax) crowed before the legislature adjourned just before 8 p.m. 'This is a celebration of the two-party system, baby!' Del. He will make a temporary appointment to the 12-year post until lawmakers can take up the issue again next year. Republicans used their new clout in Virginia's General Assembly to block Democrats' choice for state Supreme Court justice today, shutting down the legislature in the hours before it adjourned a six-week session that doubled as a boot camp for this fall's campaigns.īy refusing to compromise with Democrats - who have had carte blanche on such appointments here for the last century - Republicans threw the decision on a justice to Gov.
