Kamala's 'weird' world
If the Democrats take control of both the House and the Senate in the midterm elections, Kamala Harris has called for expanding the Supreme Court. “We need more justices on the Supreme Court so that we can have a court that actually reinforces the spirit and principles behind the Constitution of the United States,” she told podcaster Keke Palmer last week.
TL;DR
- Kamala Harris advocates for expanding the Supreme Court if Democrats win both houses of Congress in the midterms.
- She believes more justices are needed to uphold the Constitution's spirit and principles.
- Critics dismiss this as a partisan power grab, comparing it to Franklin Roosevelt's 1937 court-packing plan.
- The number of Supreme Court justices has changed throughout history, but has been set at nine since 1869.