Kamala Harris calls to expand Supreme Court, add states if Dems take Congress

Former Vice President Kamala Harris called for institutional changes to the Supreme Court as well as the Electoral College during an interview on Tuesday, calling for more justices on the highest court in the nation.

"The work that we can do about winning back the House and the Senate is going to be on a number of things.

For example, I believe that we need to expand 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.

I believe that we should be pushing for what is possible around changing the Electoral College.

Right?" Harris told podcast host Keke Palmer on her "Baby, This is Keke Palmer" podcast.

"It's about, the popular vote has to matter, right? You know, all the things that make people feel like, overwhelmed, and does their vote matter? We have, you know, listen, if the folks there want it, we should be pushing for statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C., right? These are some of the things that are structural that we need to do, but we need to re-establish affordable child care," Harris added .

KAMALA HARRIS FACES DEMOCRATIC DOUBTS OVER 2028 AS ALLIES PUSH BACK ON CLAIMS SHE’S SQUANDERED HER CHANCE Harris lost both the Electoral College and the popular vote to President Donald Trump in 2024.

She told Palmer she still remains undecided about a 2028 presidential run.

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David Scharf, chairman of Morrison Cohen LLP and head of its Government Strategies & Controversies practice, told Fox News Digital that Harris' proposed changes could set a "dangerous precedent." "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.

"Nine justices have been the number since 1869.

FDR tried to pack the Supreme Court, and even his own party pushed back.