BREAKING: Virginia Dems Retreat, Balk at 'Schizo Hopium'
Ed Morrissey
It was fun while it lasted. Fun? Well ... revealing, anyway.
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that Democrats in Virginia would amend the state constitution to force all sitting judges on its state supreme court to retire, after losing a 4-3 decision on another botched attempt to amend the state constitution. David wrote about the even more breathtaking abuse of power this would represent.
It turns out that this was a bridge too far even for Democrats, who have begun to wonder about the backlash coming from its scummy tactics in gerrymandering the state. As one Democrat "operative" told the Virginia Scope this morning, the idea amounted to nothing more than "schizo hopium":
“Everyone has got to have a strong stomach right now; this is a complete disaster waiting to happen if people are timid,” Subramanyam told the NYT. “We have Republican states ignoring their constitutions and interrupting early voting and ignoring their Supreme Courts all together. We know based on that, Republicans would explore every single option possible to move this forward.”
Several Virginia Democratic operatives immediately pushed back against the idea of drastically changing how the commonwealth operates.
“This is schizo hopium,” one operative told Virginia Scope.
Even worse, it turns out to be unwoke schizo hopium:
Another operative pointed out that removing all seven justices would mean they are firing the first female Black chief justice.
Oopsie! Can't have that, can we?
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https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/05/11/new-virginia-dems-retreat-balk-at-gutting-scova-n3814822
