Colion Noir Ties Three Kamala Harris Proposals to Gun Rights

In this video, Colion Noir reviews three structural changes Kamala Harris mentioned in a recent appearance: expanding the Supreme Court, statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and revisiting the Electoral College. He argues each one would shape the future of Second Amendment rights.

Snapshot

Colion Noir examines three changes raised by Kamala Harris, adding justices to the Supreme Court, making Puerto Rico and D.C. states, and reworking the Electoral College, and ties each to judicial confirmations, Senate votes on gun bills and the sway of swing state gun owners. He argues gun rights could shift through who sits on the Court and in the Senate, even without new legislation.

Key points

• Court expansion: Noir says Harris proposed 13 justices, up from the nine Congress set in 1869, turning today's 6-3 majority into a 7-6 majority the other way; he cites Rep. Jim Clyburn calling 13 "a pretty good number."
• Heller: he points out that Heller was decided 5-4 and that Justice John Paul Stevens, who wrote the dissent, later urged repeal of the Second Amendment, so a larger Court could narrow or reverse Heller without a new gun law.
• Statehood: two new states would add four senators who confirm justices and vote on gun bills; he cites a 2013 assault weapons ban vote that failed 40-60.
• Electoral College: he argues the system makes candidates campaign in swing states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, home to many rural and suburban gun owners.
• Campaign record: he contrasts Harris's debate remark that she and Tim Walz own guns with her campaign website's call to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Quick take

Noir argues gun rights can be decided by who sits on the Court and who holds Senate seats, not only by new laws, and urges viewers to ask their senators whether they support expanding the Court.

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