Kamala Harris Calls for Expanding Supreme Court; Add States If Democrats Win Congress

Kamala Harris Calls for Expanding the Supreme Court and Changes to the Electoral College, as a Legal Expert Warns Her Proposals Could Set a Dangerous Precedent.

Kamala Harris wants to expand the Supreme Court and reform the Electoral College

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called for Supreme Court expansion as well as Electoral College reform as she discussed what Democrats could do if they win back Congress.

During an interview on Tuesday, former Vice President Kamala Harris called for institutional changes in the Supreme Court as well as the Board of Selectmen, calling for more justice in the nation's highest court.

"What we can do to take back the House and the Senate is going to be about a couple of things," Harris told podcast host Keke Palmer on his "Honey, This Is It" podcast. For example, I believe we should expand the Supreme Court. "We need more justices on the Supreme Court so that we can have a court that actually upholds the spirit and principles behind the United States Constitution."

"I believe we should work for what is possible about changing the Electoral College. Right?"

"It's about, the popular vote should matter, right? You know, all the things that make people feel sad, and does their vote matter? We have to, you know, listen, if the people there want it, we have to push for the state of Puerto Rico and D.C., right? Those are some of the things that are structures that we need to take care of, but we have to address them."

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Harris lost both the Electoral College and the popular vote to President Donald Trump in 2024. He told Palmer he was still undecided about running for president in 2028.

"Kamala Harris says she wants to defend democracy, but her solution is to rewrite its rules when Democrats don't like the results. That's a dangerous precedent," he said. "There have been nine justices since 1869. FDR tried to shrink the Supreme Court, and even his own party pushed back. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself warned that expanding the Court would make it look like the Supreme Court."

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He continued: "The Electoral College is written into the Constitution. Removing it would require a constitutional amendment, not a Democratic majority in Congress. You can't change the judge because you don't like the calls. Harris may think that's a winning message for the Democratic base, but it's a much harder sell to the independent party and it needs his voters."

The former vice president also talked about mid-term elections in this interview.

“On the first Tuesday in November, midterms are held,” he began. "And our ability to put people in Congress to say no when they do things like $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts is going to be powerful and impact people immediately.

"Our ability to put people in Congress who say enough of the corruption, enough to end it, funding for research on things like fibroids, which they've done under the guise of attacking DEI, could stop. "There are things that are not only about things that are helpful, but also about preventing harm that we can do immediately with this midterm election."

His comments come days after Gov. Tim Walls, his running mate in the 2024 presidential election, warned of an audit among Democrats if they renege on promises if they take back Congress and possibly the presidency in 2028.

Democratic advisers called Harris out on Tuesday for failing to reinvent himself politically as he considers another run for the White House, Politico reported.

The report, based on interviews with nearly 20 California-based Democratic aides and strategists, underscored growing skepticism among some party members about Harris' political future and whether he has done enough to differentiate himself from his failed 2024 campaign.

Longtime Democratic strategist Doug Herman, a veteran of former President Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, told Politico that Harris “absolutely blew it. ... He's not included in this lineup."

Jim Hodges, the former governor of South Carolina, the leading state in the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential nomination calendar, told the outlet: "I don't see anything different myself. I think it's more like that."

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