Hillary Clinton just floated expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices, but only while Democrats are in power. You know, the moderate position according to the same people who think Bernie is the center.
She dropped it on a podcast with Kara Swisher like she was ordering extra fries. "We should seriously look at expanding the court while the Democrats are in power." Thirteen circuits, thirteen justices. Baker's dozen. Because nothing says independent judiciary like adding four seats the minute your team holds the gavel.
This is the woman who lost to Trump twice by the electoral map and still thinks the fix is more judges who agree with her. FDR tried packing the court and even his own party told him to sit down. Now the old guard is back, acting like nine has been a problem since 1869 instead of the number that has worked for 150 years.
Kamala said the same thing last week. Clyburn called 13 a good number. The playbook is simple: lose the argument, change the rules. When the Court rules on abortion, affirmative action, or presidential power in ways Democrats hate, the answer isn't better nominees or winning elections. It's add seats until the math works.
Meanwhile the actual Court is sitting there doing its job, and these people are drawing up blueprints for a rubber stamp. Hillary wants you to believe this is about fairness. It is about the fact that the Court has not rubber-stamped every progressive priority since 2022, and that is intolerable.
She is not subtle. She said the quiet part out loud: do it while we have the power. Not when it makes sense. Not as a permanent reform. While Democrats hold the majority. Because the moment Republicans get the chance, they will do the same thing, and then we can all pretend we are shocked.
This is not reform. This is a sore loser plan with a podcast budget. The same people who spent years calling the Court illegitimate are now measuring the robes for new members they will pick. And they want you to clap like this is normal.
It is not normal. It is the political equivalent of a toddler flipping the board when they are losing. Hillary has been in the game long enough to know better, but apparently the midterms require one more gift to the base: the promise that if we just win, we will rewrite the rules we spent decades pretending to respect.
Voters in swing states are worried about diesel prices, grocery bills, and whether their kids' schools are safe. Hillary is worried about whether she can get four more justices who will vote the way she wants. Priorities.
The closer is simple. If your solution to losing is to change the number of players on the field, you never cared about the game. You just wanted to win. Hillary said it. Now everyone else can hear it too.
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