The Democrats’ increasingly frantic—and ageist—plans to maintain power
In Virginia, they seriously floated the idea of wiping out anyone over 53 from their Supreme Court, and in California, they’ve got a “break the glass” plan.
Ed Timperlake | May 19, 2026
In Virginia, Americans have seen the lengths to which the Democrat party will go on an unbridled quest, using raw political power to gerrymander (thankfully, temporarily) redistricting congressional seats to make it virtually impossible for Republicans to win. In fact, the powerful Democrat leader of the Virginia Senate, L. Louise Lucas, “used her authority as chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and pressured Democrats and Republicans alike with ‘10–1’ memes and some uncensored profanity.”
When the attempt was thrown out by the VA Supreme Court, it was quickly suggested that the legislative branch, with both Houses controlled by Democrats, could vote to remove all seven Supreme Court judges, beginning at 54 years and older.
But a much more thoughtful Democrat leader saved them from this very, very bad idea:
When asked on Monday whether there is any consideration of the proposal in the General Assembly, Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell bluntly rejected the idea.
“We adhere to certain norms and a rule of law in our commonwealth,” Surovell said, “and I think that throwing out the entire Supreme Court, including the first Black woman chief justice in 250 years after she’s been on the job for three months, would be a pretty extreme overreaction to what many of us view as a wrongfully decided opinion.”
And that was that until the New Republic entered with a symbolic call to arms, quoting Shakespeare’s epic play Hamlet: “whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take up arms against a sea of troubles—and by opposing, end them.”
The reporter resurrected the Democrat ageism gambit at a national level. He made his very best cogent case, and OK, fine, he has every right to do just that.
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