Virginia's state Supreme Court struck down a Democratic redistricting map, flipping four House seats to Republican advantage and bringing Republicans eight seats closer to maintaining House control. Democrats discussed countermeasures including forcing state Supreme Court resignations but ultimately did not pursue such aggressive tactics. The post's framing—that Democrats 'won't go nuclear' while 'Republicans always find a way'—presents this as a difference in party tactics, but omits that the court ruling itself was the primary driver of the outcome, not a failure of Democratic strategy.