Democrats in Virginia May Go Nuclear on Redistricting

Democratic consultant Dan Turrentine, a former chief of staff to now-Governor Jared Polis of Colorado, calls the idea "banana republic-ish.

Stephen Moore: Unleash Prosperity Hotline – We freely stipulate that both parties are guilty of aggravated and repeated gerrymandering.

But Democrats in Virginia are so seething in rage over losing their partisan map in the Virginia Supreme Court that they are contemplating a backdoor plan to remove members of the state Supreme Court and replace them with more partisan liberals. It's a plan reminiscent of FDR's infamous Supreme Court packing scheme (that failed) back in the 1930s.

The New York Times reported the story and calls it an “audacious plan to restore a congressional map voided by the court."

Under the convoluted plan, the Democratic legislature in Richmond would vote to retroactively lower the mandatory retirement age for state judges from 75 to 54, and then remove justices on the Supreme Court over that age. Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger would then presumably appoint new justices, and petition the court to reconsider the constitutionality of the gerrymander referendum.

Democratic consultant Dan Turrentine, a former chief of staff to now-Governor Jared Polis of Colorado, calls the idea "banana republic-ish."

We think this is both diabolical and far-fetched, but it shows how desperate the Left is to regain power in Washington through hook or crook.  

(By the way, we are strongly in favor of a 75 year mandatory retirement age for all lifetime appointed judges, but not retroactively for the sole purpose of gaining partisan advantage.)