It’s unlikely legislative Dems will be able to draw a favorable map (maps require 2/3rds supermajority to pass) but they could kick it to the 6-1 Democrat Supreme Court. If the new ME-02 is Trump+4 or less, I could see Golden being favored. If it remains similar to the Trump +7 district it is now, it’s probably a tossup or worse for Golden. I don’t imagine the district becomes more Republican, considering population growth patterns within the state.
He doesn't mean having the courts overrule anything, he means that if the redistricting for the 2020s cycle fails to come up with a result, drawing the new map gets kicked to the ME Supreme Court.
All states are required to redraw their districts every decade so that the districts are of even population, even if nothing else has changed, and so ME-01 and ME-02 need their lines adjusted for that purpose. A least-change map would have ME-02 take in some small bits of ME-01 and drift from, like, Trump +7 to Trump +5-6, but he's positing that the ME Supreme Court could do a more aggressive remap.
