Harris was 'open' to packing Supreme Court during 2019 presidential bid

Then-Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris did not rule out potentially packing the Supreme Court in 2019 when she sought the party's nod to face then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

The now-vice president and Democratic nominee for president in 2024 reiterated several times during her previous campaign that she wasn't opposed to a Supreme Court expansion, which would theoretically allow liberal justices to take on a majority role through new appointments.

"I’m open to this conversation about increasing the number of people on the United States Supreme Court," Harris told voters in Nashua, New Hampshire, after a question was posed to her about adding up to four seats to the high court, Bloomberg reported at the time.

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Her interest in court-packing was not limited to a one-off remark. Harris made it clear, reiterating during her primary campaign in 2019 to both the New York Times and Politico that she was open-minded when it came to adding more seats to the court.

Harris claimed to Politico at the time that "everything is on the table" to restore confidence in the Supreme Court, including court-packing.

She was asked by The New York Times whether she wished to elaborate on being "open" to court-packing, to which she declined.

"I'm just open to it," she said.

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Harris' campaign did not provide comment to Fox News Digital in time for publication. It was asked whether Harris was still open to court-packing.

Last month, Biden and Harris' administration rolled out a slate of policies to overhaul the Supreme Court. In their proposal,