Overview
- On his Politics War Room podcast, James Carville said Democrats who control the White House and Congress should make Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico states and expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices, adding, “Don’t run on it. Don’t talk about it. Just do it.”
- Statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico is portrayed in the coverage as favoring Democrats, with Fox News noting it could yield four Senate seats that would likely back the party.
- Carville has previously sketched a timeline that includes a Democratic win in 2028 and a transition advisory committee that would recommend taking the Court from nine to 13 justices.
- Right-leaning outlets characterized the plan as a partisan power grab and cited polling resistance to court expansion and to D.C. statehood as a rationale for keeping the agenda quiet.
- Co-host Al Hunt emphasized using a future House majority to hold Trump “as accountable as they possibly can,” underscoring that these are proposals contingent on a Democratic sweep rather than active legislation.