Jeffries Floats Packing Courts After Virginia Redistricting Collapse

Virginia Republicans had repeatedly warned that the strategy faced serious legal vulnerabilities, including concerns about the timing and legality of the referendum process used to authorize the new maps.

Now, the court defeat has left Democrats scrambling while also intensifying a larger national debate over judicial power, redistricting, and partisan court reform.

Jeffries’ latest comments are also likely to fuel renewed Republican attacks over Democratic support for expanding or restructuring courts.

Progressive activists and some Democratic lawmakers have increasingly floated proposals in recent years to expand the U.S. Supreme Court, impose judicial term limits, or restructure state courts they view as ideologically hostile.