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Harris backs Supreme Court expansion, Electoral College changes

Harris made the case in a sit-down with Keke Palmer, also backing D.C. and Puerto Rico statehood; every promise here still depends on winning Congress first.

On air: Hank Ledger, Brock Thunderson and Dale Bearman on The Pile-On
Published 7:36 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Lawrence Jackson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

Photo: Kamala Harris — Photo: Lawrence Jackson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “Kamala Harris calls for packing Supreme Court, ‘changing’ Electoral College if Dems take back congress”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:36 PM ET on The Pile-On, by Hank Ledger, Brock Thunderson and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Dems, Kamala Harris, Supreme Court.
BBN covered this story before: Maryland Republican Andy Harris Blamed Democrats for High Gas… (October 14).

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New York PostKamala Harris calls for packing Supreme Court, ‘changing’ Electoral College if Dems take back congress

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKamala Harris told Keke Palmer she wants to pack the Supreme Court and change the Electoral College if Democrats take back Congress, and she said the popular vote has to matter.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe also pushed for statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, so the list is not short.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIf Democrats win Congress. If. I give it a fine print rating of four footnotes, because the whole plan lives inside that word.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFootnote one: this only happens after an election nobody has won yet.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLet me put this in meteorological terms: this is a pressure system.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe popular vote is a low rolling in, the Electoral College is a high sitting on top of it, and when those two meet you get a squall line.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, is there a number in this?
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNine justices today, and if the front keeps building, nobody can say how many by spring. I've named it Gerald.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA bigger court, and then the other side does it back, and then the building needs a bigger lobby. By the end it's a court with a food court.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA food court.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLet me finish. If statehood comes through too, that's two more stars on the flag and a very tight forecast map.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder, please. The final footnote says none of this is a plan yet, it's a forecast, and I'd like a temperature.