By You can tell Democrats are losing because even the moderates have begun to demand changes to the rules. Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville is now calling on his party to fundamentally reshape the nation’s political architecture the next time they come into power. The former Clinton adviser has begun demanding the addition of new states to take over the Senate and an expanded Supreme Court to have four more versions of Ketanji Brown Jackson, as necessary steps to preserve what he described as a faltering “democracy.”
Isn’t it funny how “defending democracy” always ends up just meaning granting unfettered powers to Democrats?
In remarks made this week, Carville urged Democrats to act decisively should they win control of the presidency, Senate, and House. “They are just going to have to unilaterally add Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as states,” he said. “They may have to expand the [Supreme Court] to 13 members.” His plan, once considered taboo even within his own party, signals a growing appetite among progressives to pursue structural reforms in response to what they view as long-standing imbalances in federal representation and judicial power.
Carville, known for his blunt style and pivotal role in Bill Clinton’s 1992 victory, framed his proposal as a response to Republican maneuvers, such as Texas’s efforts to redraw congressional districts. “People are right when they say this democracy is really imperfect,” he said. “We just are moving further and further away from being anything close to democracy.”
Though he acknowledged the risk of escalation, Carville said the time for caution has passed. “Any of those things in isolation I would be skeptical about,” he admitted. “I would say, ‘Well, I don’t know if that’s the greatest idea in the world, you’re opening Pandora’s Box.’” But now, he argues, Democrats must embrace bold reform if they are serious about defending democratic institutions.
Whether to campaign on such proposals is less clear. “I was unsure if it’s something that they should talk about during the campaign,” Carville conceded. Still, he believes these moves must be prioritized if Democrats retake power. “If you want to save democracy, I think you got to do all of those things.”
James Carville: "If the Democrats win the presidency, the Senate, and the House in 2028… they are just going to have to unilaterally add Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as states… If you want to save democracy…"pic.twitter.com/GquG3VCZeu
— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) August 7, 2025
Carville’s remarks arrive as Democrats assess how to counter the enduring influence of former President Donald Trump and his allies. Critics warn that enacting such sweeping changes could inflame partisan tensions and erode public trust in American institutions, especially with the Supreme Court. Justice Brown Jackson, who has become the ideal liberal on the court, has been ridiculed for not understanding basic concepts of law and her act has grown thin with her colleagues.
At the end of the term, for example, Justice Amy Coney Barrett had a “blunt takedown” of one of Jackson Brown’s dissents in which the liberal justice argued for judicial supremacy, writing, “We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself.”
In another case, liberal Justice Sonya Sotomayor had to explain to Jackson Brown what they were ruling on and the latter has complained that many of the Supreme Court’s cases have involved “boring legalese.”
That "boring legalese" line will literally leave a mark.
– It's a future callback to vapid activist judges everywhere.
– That was the equivalent of a judicial public caning. pic.twitter.com/eNKYDVdzIa— Constantly Underfoot (@ConstantUnder) June 27, 2025
With the 2026 election cycle already taking shape, the veteran strategist’s proposals only reveal how radical Democrats have truly become over the past decade.
Carville has seemed to become more and more deranged over the last few months. On Thursday, he was forced to apologize to First Lady Melania Trump for alleging that she was part of an international sex trafficking network.
A recent poll revealed that Democrats are deeply unpopular in the United States. The Wall Street Journal reported that Democrats “image has eroded to its lowest point in more than three decades.”
No wonder they want to change the rules of the game.
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