Jessica Costescu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one Democratic Senate candidate’s dubious policy proposal.
Senate candidate Graham Platner called to stack the Supreme Court and impeach “at least two” of its sitting justices, moves he said should be top priorities for Democrats should they retake the upper chamber next year.
“We’re going to have to start treating the Supreme Court like the political action wing that it has become of conservatism,” Platner said Saturday during a Somerset County Democrats meeting in the central Maine town of Skowhegan. “It is not functioning as a constitutional body.”
“I’m a supporter of stacking the Court,” he continued. “I’m also a supporter of, I mean, the Senate can write its own rules. … I firmly believe if we held Supreme Court justices to the same standard that we hold other federal judges, there’s a compelling case for the impeachment and removal of at least two justices.”
“It’s very frustrating to me that there are Democrats in the Senate that either do not understand or don’t want to understand the power they actually have. … If we retake the Senate, get the majority—fingers crossed—we need to use every single lever of power that we have to deal with the Supreme Court.”
The remarks are Platner’s most aggressive to date when it comes to the High Court. Platner’s campaign site lists a number of left-wing policy priorities, but does not include a section on the Supreme Court. And while Platner has criticized the Court’s conservative justices on X, he has not called to expand the Court or impeach any of its members.
Platner did not say which Supreme Court justices he believes should be impeached, nor did he offer details on his vision for the Court’s expansion. His campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
