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Harris Calls for Court Expansion, EC Abolition, Statehood.

5/19/2026

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Kamala Harris used a “no-bad-idea brainstorm” on the Win with Black Women podcast to push Supreme Court expansion, Electoral College abolition and statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
She previously backed Court packing and other reforms.
Critics cite her 2019 ACLU response that she would provide gender-transition surgery for inmates, calling it radical.
Commentators say the reforms would shift power to coastal Democrats, disenfranchise flyover voters, and erode constitutional safeguards.

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Kamala Harris used a “no-bad-idea brainstorm” on the Win with Black Women podcast to push Supreme Court expansion, Electoral College abolition and statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
She previously backed Court packing and other reforms.
Critics cite her 2019 ACLU response that she would provide gender-transition surgery for inmates, calling it radical.
Commentators say the reforms would shift power to coastal Democrats, disenfranchise flyover voters, and erode constitutional safeguards.