Jim Clyburn talks about priorities if Democrats flip Congress and being South Carolina’s 9th Black congressman

One of Congress' most influential Democrats says if his party flips the U.S. House and Senate ... one of their priorities should be expanding the Supreme Court. South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn spoke at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on July 7, 2026. Clyburn was in Springfield to talk about his book, which tells the histories of eight Black men who represented South Carolina in Congress after the Civil War.