Democrats spent four years screaming that Donald Trump was a threat to democracy.
Now their 2028 frontrunner just went on a podcast and said something that should terrify every American who still believes in the Constitution.
Gavin Newsom just told the country exactly what Democrats plan to do the moment they take power – and he's not even subtle about it.
All But One House Democrat Voted to Keep the Option Open Last Week
He told Don Lemon he has "caution on expanding it, but openness" to packing the Supreme Court with enough new justices to flip its rulings.
He called the Electoral College "perverted."
He said the Constitution "is a living document" that needs to be amended – and made clear the Electoral College is first on the chopping block.
This is not a fringe position anymore.
Last week, the House voted 212-206 on Rep. Andy Biggs's constitutional amendment to permanently cap the Supreme Court at nine justices.
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One Democrat crossed the aisle.
One.
Hakeem Jeffries has already signaled that dramatic court reform is coming the moment Democrats take back the House, promising Reps. Jamie Raskin and others would lead the charge.
Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina publicly called for expanding the court to 13 justices.
And Newsom – the man positioning himself as the face of the Democrat Party in 2028 – just told millions of listeners he's getting there too.
This Is FDR's Playbook and It Failed for a Reason
Franklin Roosevelt tried this exact move in 1937.
He proposed adding up to six new justices – enough to guarantee a rubber stamp for his New Deal agenda.
The Senate voted 70 to 20 to kill it – and those were his own party members.
Even Democrats in 1937 understood what court packing actually means.
It means whoever wins one election gets to control the judiciary permanently.
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As Biggs put it on the House floor last week: "If a sitting majority can change the size of the Supreme Court the moment it dislikes rulings, what happens the next time the other side is in power?"
FDR's plan was so nakedly corrupt that Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes sent Congress a letter publicly shredding it.
It took 168 days to die – and it took a piece of Roosevelt's presidency with it.
Newsom thinks he's smarter than FDR.
Here Is What Newsom Actually Wants
The Democratic Socialists of America – the group Newsom admitted on PBS Monday that his party is "pretty aligned" with – doesn't want to expand the Supreme Court.
They want to abolish it.
Their official platform calls for replacing the Supreme Court with a judiciary "chosen by and subordinate to Congress."
No independent judiciary.
No constitutional check on whoever controls the legislature.
Just pure, raw political power dressed up as reform.
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He also wants to eliminate the Electoral College – the system that ensures Montana and Mississippi have a voice in who runs the country – because California, with the population of 21 states combined, isn't getting enough power.
He wants California to run everything.
He wants the rules changed because they lost.
The party that spent four years calling Trump a threat to democracy just watched its 2028 frontrunner outline a plan to pack the courts and cancel the Electoral College – and barely anyone in Washington said a word.
Sources:
- Lindsay Kornick, "Gavin Newsom expresses 'openness' to packing SCOTUS, calls Electoral College system 'perverted,'" Fox News, September 9, 2026.
- Ryan King, "Dems kill Supreme Court constitutional amendment – keep DSA dream alive to abolish justices," New York Post, September 2, 2026.
- "205 House Democrats Vote To Kill Anti-Court Packing Amendment," The Federalist, September 2, 2026.
- "House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices," NBC News, September 2, 2026.
- "FDR's Court-Packing Plan: A Study in Irony," Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
- "FDR & The Court Packing Controversy," Supreme Court Historical Society.