Overview
- Harris urged revisiting the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices, and considering statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. in a speech Friday at the National Urban League Conference in Nashville.
- She said she has not decided whether to run for president in 2028 and told attendees she is focused on the midterm elections for now.
- Mainstream commentators on PBS framed those proposals as legitimate topics for debate while conservative outlets described the remarks as radical, highlighting a sharp partisan split in coverage.
- Changing the Electoral College would require a constitutional amendment or a broad interstate compact and is therefore difficult to achieve, while expanding the Supreme Court can be done by Congress but would be politically contentious and is often labeled court‑packing.
- If enacted, the proposals would shift political power by changing how presidents are chosen and how many justices sit on the Court and by adding two reliably Democratic seats in Congress for D.C. and Puerto Rico, a development that would alter representation and campaign strategy.