Virginia Democrats ask Supreme Court to restore redistricted maps

Virginia Democrats are scrambling after a court loss and now weighing how far they're willing to go to get their map back

On Friday, the state Supreme Court threw out a congressional map voters had approved

Now top Democrats are trying to figure out what comes next and fast

The clock is ticking. State elections officials say any changes need to happen within days to avoid disrupting the August primary

Behind the scenes, Democratic leaders held a private call over the weekend

According to the New York Times, frustration was high and options were wide open

One idea getting attention and pushback is to lower the mandatory retirement age for Virginia's Supreme Court justices and force out the entire court

Supporters say it's about preserving the map voters already approved. In a statement to the Times, Virginia Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramaniam said, quote

We have Republican states ignoring their constitutions and interrupting early voting and ignoring their Supreme Courts altogether

We know based on that, Republicans would explore every single option possible to move this forward

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who was on that call Saturday, is also signaling no limits, telling the Times, quote

It's unprecedented in American history, as far as we can tell, that an actual election has been overturned by a handful of unelected judges

We're not going to step back. We will continue to fight back

There is still no final plan. Democrats say they're reviewing legal options, including a possible appeal

while also trying to flip congressional seats in the midterms under the current map if nothing changes