Dems Desperate To Force New Map On Voters Mark Case For Wrong Court

Virginia Democrats are desperate to grab onto anything that could potentially resurrect their gerrymandered 10-1 congressional map before the 2026 midterm elections — and the panic is really starting to show.

In the days since the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the map — over irregularities in the process by which it was adopted — Democrats have explored several avenues by which they might make their fever dream a reality.

An attempt to appeal to the United States Supreme Court, for example, was so rushed that the first page of the filing listed the wrong court.

“Good News: Dems managed to spell Virginia correctly. Bad News: They sent their emergency application to SCOTUS to the wrong court. Baby steps,” former Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA) posted via X, sharing a screenshot of the page.

Although the “Supreme Court of the United States” was named at the top of the page, across the bottom of the frame, it read, “ON EMERGENCY APPLICATION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA.”

Good News: Dems managed to spell Virginia correctly. Bad News: They sent their emergency application to SCOTUS to the wrong court. Baby steps. pic.twitter.com/Izi5FeKgbo

— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) May 12, 2026

Others pointed out that the word “senator” was misspelled as “sentator” and even the name of the state was misspelled as “Virgnia” in the rushed filing.

The case was ultimately filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Roberts has instructed Republicans to file a response to the Democrats by Thursday at 5 p.m. ET.

In addition to their appeal to the highest Court, Democrats in Virginia have also considered an even more dramatic move to force their map on the people: a complete dismantling of the state Supreme Court.

As The Daily Wire previously reported, Virginia Democrats have considered lowering the mandatory retirement age for judges on the state’s highest court just enough to force the entire bench to retire. Then, with a Democratic governor and a Democratic super-majority in the legislature, they could ensure an entirely new bench that would be far more likely to rule in their favor.