Kamala Harris Wants to 'Reform' the Supreme Court
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:15.1 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, |
| 0:20.8 | this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:24.1 | The Supreme Court is on the ballot next Tuesday after Kamala Harris endorses an overhaul |
| 0:29.6 | of the nation's highest court while refusing to disavow court packing. |
| 0:34.3 | Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:37.8 | We're joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member Manet Uquay Berua. |
| 0:45.1 | In every presidential year the Supreme Court's future is on the ballot to some degree since |
| 0:49.7 | the winner of that election gets to choose new justices to fill vacancies as they arise. |
| 0:56.0 | But this year the stakes seem higher, particularly if Kamala Harris wins the White House and |
| 1:00.9 | Democrats keep control of the Senate. |
| 1:04.0 | Harris has declined to put much distance between herself and President Biden on many issues, |
| 1:10.1 | which is a political mistake in my view, but add to that list the idea of Supreme Court reform. |
| 1:16.5 | After Joe Biden this summer endorsed the idea of term limits and some kind of enforceable ethics |
| 1:21.9 | code for the justices, His VP said she supported his plan. |
| 1:26.4 | And at a CNN town hall last week asked if she would back the idea of adding justices to |
| 1:31.5 | the Supreme Court, |
| 1:32.8 | perhaps three of them to create a 12 justice body. |
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