Democrats consider plan to wipe conservatives off Virginia Supreme Court: Report

Published May 11, 2026 9:49am ET | Updated May 11, 2026 10:40am ET



Democrats are reportedly considering a plan to lower the retirement age of Virginia Supreme Court justices in an attempt to wipe out all sitting judges and replace them with people more likely to pass the 10-1 redistricting referendum.

“They have a simple—and lawful—solution: Send the entire court into early retirement,” Quinn Yeargain, an Associate Professor of Law at the Michigan State University College of Law, wrote in The Down Ballot. “There are virtually no other options—and none with as good a chance of success as this one.”

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