Harris entertains Supreme Court-packing question during town hall, supports 'some kind of reform'

Vice President Kamala Harris declared she’s open to "some benignant of reform" of nan Supreme Court erstwhile asked during a CNN municipality hallway if she would support expanding nan number of justices to 12.

"There is nary mobility that nan American group progressively are losing assurance successful nan Supreme Court and, successful ample part, because of nan behaviour of definite members of that tribunal and because of definite rulings, including nan Dobbs determination and taking distant a precedent that had been successful spot for 50 years, protecting a woman's correct to make decisions astir her ain body," Harris said during Wednesday night’s event.  

"So, I do judge that location should beryllium immoderate benignant of betterment of nan court, and we tin study what that really looks like." 

Harris’ remarks travel aft she did not norm retired perchance packing nan Supreme Court successful 2019 erstwhile she sought nan party's motion to look President Trump successful nan 2020 election. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris, nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee, speaks during a CNN municipality hallway successful Aston, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 23. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Harris reiterated respective times during her erstwhile run that she wasn't opposed to a Supreme Court description , which would theoretically let wide justices to return connected a mostly domiciled done caller appointments.  

"I’m unfastened to this speech astir expanding nan number of group connected nan United States Supreme Court," Harris erstwhile told voters successful Nashua, New Hampshire, aft a mobility was posed to her astir adding up to 4 seats to nan precocious court, according to Bloomberg. 

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The U.S. Supreme Court: Front row, near to right, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Back row, near to right, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump had tweeted successful 2020 that "FDR’s ain statement told him you cannot PACK nan United States Supreme Court, it would permanently destruct nan Court."

The U.S. Supreme Court Building successful Washington, D.C. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

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Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.