Welcome to the three martini lunch.

Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

Three Martini is coming up.

So glad you're with us for the Tuesday edition of the Three Martini Lunch.

As you know, Jim Garrity is away here in his place.

We're very happy to have today.

Charles C.W. Cook, he writes for National Review online, and he's also the host of the Charles C.W. Cook

podcast. Charlie, great to have you back. Thanks for having me. Well, a lot to get to today, and we're

kind of starting where we did yesterday. The Democrats, you know, they've never really been in favor

of preserving institutions and democracy, of course, but they really let the mask slip in the wake of the Friday decision on the congressional map in Virginia.

We talked yesterday on the podcast about how there was some talk of even trying to move the retirement age down to 54 so the legislature could then

kick off all seven justices from the Supreme Court and then just stack it with people who would

then approve this map. Thankfully, Abigail Spanberger, the governor and other Democrats are saying,

no, that's probably not a great idea. But that doesn't mean that other Democrats aren't trying to, number one, create

questions in the minds of Americans about the legitimacy of the court, which they've really been

doing ever since Brett Kavanaugh got confirmed to the court, I think, and maybe even with how

Gorsuch got on the court. But it's been going on for a while now. And then there's what they want to do

if they're back in power.

We've heard about court packing.

We've heard about, you know, all sorts of things that the Democrats want to do if they get complete control in Washington.

But yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama can change the congressional map.

Democrats are flying off the handle of this because the Supreme Court ruled that

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