{"id":2601249,"date":"2026-05-11T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-virginia-dems-plotting-overthrow-of-entire-state-supreme-court-to-save-redistricting-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:31:40","slug":"developing-virginia-dems-plotting-overthrow-of-entire-state-supreme-court-to-save-redistricting-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-virginia-dems-plotting-overthrow-of-entire-state-supreme-court-to-save-redistricting-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing: Virginia Dems Plotting Overthrow of Entire State Supreme Court to Save Redistricting Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeveloping-virginia-dems-plotting-overthrow-of-entire-state-supreme-court-to-save-redistricting-scheme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article claims that Virginia Democrats, frustrated by a court defeat to their redistricting plan, discussed a strategy to effectively replace the Virginia Supreme Court by lowering justices\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-to-end-the-d-c-gerontocracy\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Time to End the D.C. Gerontocracy\">mandatory retirement age<\/a> from 75 to 54-an age chosen so that the youngest sitting justice would instantly be forced off the court. Under the proposal,the Democrat-controlled state legislature would fill the resulting vacancies with party-aligned judges,allowing Democrats to preserve the congressional map that the current court had struck down.<\/p>\n<p>It also describes the sequence leading up to the ruling: Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democratic-drawn congressional map in April, but multiple lower courts warned it likely violated the state constitution; the map ultimately was invalidated by the Virginia Supreme Court. The piece says Democrats expected the court to rule against them and that some even disagreed internally about the strategy.<\/p>\n<p>it reports that U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the decision \u201cshocking\u201d and \u201ccannot stand,\u201d and that, according to the New York Times, lowering the retirement age came up in a private call with Virginia Democrats, though no single next step was agreed upon. The author frames the proposal as an attack on judicial independence and contrasts it with (as they put it) broader national Supreme Court limits on such efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Modern Democrats turn destructive when they fail to get their way.<\/p>\n<p>Say something they dislike? They will try to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cancel-culture-queen-cancelled-lib-writer-sacked-lib-network-took-joy-ceos-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancel<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-admits-censoring-americans-behest-biden-admin-vows-make-amends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor<\/a> you. Elect someone they hate? Leftists have already tried to kill President Donald Trump multiple times. Issue a ruling that thwarts their partisan coup? They might try to dissolve the entire court.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/10\/us\/politics\/democrats-virginia-plans-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.iCzy.4i-WoGMlAprp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, Virginia Democrats, bitter over the defeat of their redistricting plan at the state Supreme Court, have discussed a plan to essentially do away with the court as its currently constructed.<\/p>\n<p>The plan involves lowering the mandatory retirement age for justices from 75 to 54. Coincidentally, the youngest current justice just happens to be 54 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly would replace the entire court at once. Then, Democrats could fill the vacancies with Democratic partisans and thereby save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-west-virginia-house-map-sets-up-primary-fight-between-two-gop-incumbents\/\" title=\"New West Virginia House ... Sets Up Primary Fight Between Two GOP Incumbents\">congressional redistricting plan<\/a> the current Virginia Supreme Court<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-virginia-supreme-court-strikes-democrats-gerrymander-midterm-game-changer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> just shot down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On April 21, more than 3 million Virginia voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-virginia-redistricting-map-passes-still-faces-significant-hurdle-becoming-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narrowly approved<\/a> a new Democrat-drawn congressional map. At the time, Democrats framed the map as a matter of \u201cfairness,\u201d a response to Texas\u2019 new GOP-heavy map, part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-challenges-californias-prop-50-map-in-escalating-fight-over-house-majority\/\" title=\"DOJ challenges California\u2019s Prop 50 ... in escalating fight over House majority\">nationwide redistricting war ahead<\/a> of the 2026 midterms. They claimed it was only a \u201ctemporary\u201d measure, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.virginia.gov\/election-law\/proposed-amendment-for-april-2026-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballot question\u2019s wording<\/a> specifying that the process would go back to normal after the 2030 census.<\/p>\n<p>Even by the time Virginia voters weighed in, however, multiple Virginia courts had warned that the map likely violated the state\u2019s constitution. A Tazewell County judge twice ruled against it and then, after the vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-slams-brakes-democrats-virginia-redistricting-rules-every-vote-ineffective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to allow<\/a> its certification.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the state Supreme Court allowed the April 21 vote to go forward, albeit with the caveat that it would likely review the map regardless of the vote\u2019s outcome. Then, the same court also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/virginia-supreme-court-denies-dem-request-redistricting-vote-certified-case-proceeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to allow certification<\/a> before finally invalidating the map altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Democrats reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/panicking-virginia-democrats-now-think-gerrymander-will-fail-court-triggering-infighting-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected<\/a> their Supreme Court to rule against them. Some even began to quarrel with each other over the perceived foolishness of their redistricting strategy.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, however, U.S. House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reeling-hakeem-jeffries-responds-shocking-virginia-redistricting-ruling-exploring-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> of New York called the decision \u201cshocking\u201d and declared that it \u201ccannot stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Times, the prospect of lowering the Virginia Supreme Court\u2019s mandatory retirement age came up during a private discussion on Saturday between Jeffries and the Democratic members of Virginia\u2019s House delegation. The report did not identified specifically who in the Virginia delegation participated.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, Jeffries and the Virginia Democrats \u201cdid not land on a specific course forward,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the proposal \u201cdrew mixed reactions on the call,\u201d according to sources familiar with the discussions. Abigail Spanberger, the state\u2019s Democratic governor, has not weighed in on the proposal, and a spokeswoman declined to comment on it.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the proposal itself amounts to a brazen assault on judicial independence.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Democrats claim to love judges, especially federal judges, who act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-warns-handful-communist-radical-judges-trying-assume-powers-belonging-solely-potus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outside their proper authority<\/a> to undermine President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>When judges act properly, however, as in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-roe-v-wade-overturned-trump-nominated-justices-help-deliver-biggest-pro-life-win-american-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Dobbs decision<\/a>, Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/targets-assassination-justice-alito-makes-shock-admission-scotus-viewed-dobbs-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threaten violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing a change to the Virginia Supreme Court\u2019s mandatory retirement age might not qualify as actual violence, but it does carry an implied threat: Defy us, and we will replace you.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Democrats at the national level do not yet have the power to mess with the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, SCOTUS issued a landmark 6-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/supreme-courts-landmark-elections-decision-game-changer-midterms-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> that invalidated the nefarious practice of racial gerrymandering. No longer must <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >states draw majority-black districts<\/a> to satisfy Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>Red states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-democratic-lawmakers-melt-tennessee-passes-new-congressional-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to that decision \u2014 the \u201cCallais\u201d decision \u2014 by immediately drawing new congressional maps that favor Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we should tell the truth about those \u201cVirginia\u201d Democrats. The Old Dominion was a Republican state for decades until federal bureaucrats swarmed northern Virginia\u2019s Washington, D.C., suburbs. In 2024, those affluent tyrants voted overwhelmingly for then-Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americas-15-wealthiest-counties-voted-2024-presidential-election-tells-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. Last month, they provided the winning margin in the statewide redistricting vote.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the Democrat-dominated deep state conquered Virginia. 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