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JONATHAN TURLEY: Ex-conservative icon joins Left's ruthless court-packing scheme

James Carville, Eric Holder among Democrats who have called for expanding the court to lock in a liberal majority

By Jonathan Turley Fox News

Published April 25, 2026 5:58pm EDT

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McCarthy blasts Carville's Dem power grab plan for Supreme Court, statehood

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"Let's get ruthless." Those words are, unfortunately, nothing new in this age of rage. In just the last few weeks, various liberal pundits and politicians have been calling for radical and even violent action. Even comedian Margaret Cho publicly declared this week that "we need a feral, bloodthirsty, violent Democrat."

However, these words came from Bill Kristol, the founder of the Weekly Standard and the current editor-in-chief of The Bulwark. Kristol was a leading conservative figure in the Republican Party.

Onetime conservative Bill Kristol has signed on to the Left's latest scheme. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Kristol left the Republican Party and is now a vehemently anti-Trump writer. There are certainly good-faith reasons why some conservatives have broken with Trump on a variety of issues. However, in this column, Kristol was writing to endorse the Democratic plan to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority to force through a slew of political changes in the country.

Various Democrats have been pledging to not only impeach Trump (and a long list of other figures), but to pack the Supreme Court as soon as they regain power.

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James Carville declared that, "If the Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress, I think on day one, they should expand the Supreme Court to 13. F**k it. Eat our dust." He added, "Don’t run on it. Don’t talk about it. Just do it."

Veteran political strategist James Carville offered advice on how Democrats can improve their messaging. (Politicon YouTube channel/ Politics War Room)

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