Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) voiced his support for expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and lamented his defense of Clarence Thomas during the conservative justice’s confirmation in 1991.
In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, the Democratic kingmaker leaned into some of the more controversial proposals of the Democratic Party’s left flank, including the unprecedented move of adding Supreme Court justices to dilute the influence of conservatives. When asked about former Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposal to raise the number of justices to 13, he agreed.
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