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Kamala Harris supports radical legislation to pack the Supreme Court, Democrat senator says
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0:59Now PlayingVice President Kamala Harris has signaled her support for radical legislation that would allow a new Supreme Court justice to be appointed to the bench every two years, according to a Democratic senator.
“They have not gone so far as to say, ‘We endorse your bill.’ They have said that your bills are precisely aligned with what we are talking about,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) told The Dispatch last week when asked if the Harris campaign has voiced its support for legislation he proposed last October that would dramatically overhaul the high court.
Under Whitehouse’s bill, Supreme Court appointments would be “regularized,” with the president appointing a new justice biennially.
Only the nine most recently appointed justices would sit for “appellate jurisdiction” cases, which are typically the most high-profile cases with far-reaching effects, such as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and former President Donald Trump’s immunity case.
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