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Talarico, El Sayed, Buttigieg, more, on how to reform the Supreme Court

October 20, 2026

Brian Lehrer (0:05)

From WNYC, I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my Daily Politics Podcast. It's Monday, October 19th.

Should we reform the Supreme Court? Republicans generally oppose the idea. We'll explain why. Many Democrats argue that the Supreme Court has gone off the rails from what it's supposed to be and support things like term limits, expanding the number of justices and more. Here is one of the most high-profile…

James Talarico (0:40)

Well, I think the Supreme Court needs to be overhauled.

We have seen that corruption has infected the judicial branch, just as it's infected the legislative and executive branches. And so you're going to expect that I will vote for overhaul as the Supreme Court. That will include binding codes of conduct for our justices. It will include term limits. And I'm open to a…

Brian Lehrer (1:01)

James Talarico, answering a question from Brooke Taylor on Fox. Term limits, codes of conduct, and open to expanding the number of justices. We'll hear a different proposal from Pete Buttigieg from when he was a guest on this show coming up. University of Pennsylvania law professor Kate Shaw had an op-ed in the New…

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