The most dangerous political project in America right now is not hidden. It is being discussed openly by leading figures on the left: pack the Supreme Court and eliminate the Senate filibuster.
If carried out, these two changes would not merely shift policy in a Leftward direction. They would fundamentally alter the structure of the American republic in ways that are difficult to reverse. Together, they represent a calculated move to consolidate permanent institutional power and remove the remaining checks that prevent one faction from dominating the entire system.
Packing the Supreme Court
For years, Democrats have floated the idea of expanding the Supreme Court from nine justices to thirteen or more. The justification is usually framed as correcting an "imbalance" created by previous Republican appointments. In reality, it is a naked attempt to capture the one institution that still occasionally blocks the administrative state and progressive policy goals.
Court packing destroys the Court's legitimacy. Once the number of justices becomes a political football that changes with each new majority, the Court ceases to function as an independent check on power. It becomes just another partisan body. Future presidents from either party would feel justified in adding even more justices when they regain power, turning the judiciary into a permanent arena of raw political warfare.
More importantly, a packed Court would reliably uphold expansive new government programs, speech restrictions, gun control measures, and regulatory overreach that current justices have blocked. It would also green-light structural changes to the electoral system that favour one party over the other.
Ending the Filibuster
The Senate filibuster requires 60 votes to end debate on most legislation. It forces compromise and prevents narrow majorities from ramming through radical changes. Democrats have already carved out exceptions for judicial nominations and budget reconciliation. Now many want to eliminate it entirely.
Without the filibuster, a simple 51-vote majority could pass sweeping legislation on taxes, spending, regulation, immigration, energy policy, and social issues with no need to negotiate with the minority. Combined with a packed Supreme Court that would uphold these laws, this would create an almost unchecked legislative machine.
The filibuster has protected both parties at different times. Its removal would turn the Senate into a more majoritarian body where whichever party controls the White House and has a slim Senate majority could fundamentally reshape the country every two to four years. Stability and continuity, already fragile, would collapse further.
The Combined Effect
Court packing and filibuster elimination are not separate ideas. They are complementary parts of a larger strategy.
A simple majority in Congress, backed by a compliant Supreme Court, could:
Pass national voting laws that effectively nationalise elections and tilt the rules toward one party.
Create new federal agencies or expand existing ones with minimal oversight.
Restructure the administrative state to insulate it from future electoral accountability.
Alter the composition of the Senate itself through statehood for territories or changes to representation.
Use federal power to pressure states, corporations, and institutions that resist the new consensus.
These moves would not require broad public support. They would only require control of the White House and narrow majorities in both houses of Congress. Once implemented, the structural advantages created would make it much harder for opposing forces to reverse course through normal democratic means.
This is not normal partisan competition. It is an attempt to change the rules of the game so that one side's policy preferences become nearly impossible to dislodge, even when that side loses elections.
This approach fits a consistent pattern. When Democrats hold power, they expand the administrative state, use regulatory agencies and law enforcement against political opponents, and push cultural and demographic changes that alter the electorate over time. When they lose power, they treat the institutions they no longer control as illegitimate and work to weaken or capture them.
Court packing and ending the filibuster are the institutional endgame of this strategy. They would complete the project of moving America from a constitutional republic with separated powers and federalism toward a more centralised, majoritarian system dominated by progressive institutions.
Donald Trump has warned that these changes would be used to "polish off" the country as it has traditionally existed. That assessment is not exaggerated. The combination of a captured judiciary and unrestrained legislative power would allow rapid, fundamental transformation with very little remaining institutional resistance.
America has survived deep divisions before. It has survived bad presidents and bad policies. What it may not survive is the deliberate dismantling of the constitutional guardrails that have prevented any single faction from achieving total and permanent dominance.
The question is no longer whether some Democrats want to make these changes. The question is whether the people will allow them to do it. If America falls, there goes Australia, which will fall into communist China even faster than the present Fabian strategy by our Left wing.