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Fiendish Thingy

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3. Completely the wrong strategy

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 04:18 PM

22 hrs ago

The legislature has within their power the ability to forcibly retire the entire VASC by passing a law setting an arbitrary retirement age (set to the age of the youngest Justice who voted to block the redistricting, which is 54), and making it take effect immediately. The legislature could then change the law back and appoint a new court, rehiring the liberals if they chose to.

I didn’t just make this up, it’s a strategy actually being circulated by several legal experts.

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Virginia Democrats have filed a long shot emergency application asking SCOTUS to stay the Virginia Supreme Court's decis [View all] In It to Win It 23 hrs ago OP

more than even chance that supremes don't hear this until after election rampartd 23 hrs ago #1

I don't think you understand . . . markpkessinger 20 hrs ago #5

we are screwed either way. rampartd 20 hrs ago #7

SCOTUS conservatives will make GOP bank on every thing Dems file bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #2

Completely the wrong strategy Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #3

They won't do it orangecrush 20 hrs ago #6

Seems like that would violate both Virginia and Federal age discrimination laws MichMan 18 hrs ago #12

They already have a mandatory retirement age of 73 Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #13

For every legal argument there are always experts (on each side) that believe they are right MichMan 18 hrs ago #14

The only reason to do this as I see it is to get SCOTUS on record Raven123 21 hrs ago #4

Dems have the 'will of the people' Boo1 20 hrs ago #8

yeah that's gonna happen. WarGamer 20 hrs ago #9

Complete waste of time....... Takket 19 hrs ago #10

Sadly, this is doa imo Oldvet 19 hrs ago #11