House Democrats introduce bill to establish term limits for the Supreme Court

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jul/27/supreme-court-justices-term-limits-democrats-bill

US House Democrats have introduced a bill to establish term limits for supreme court justices, after an unprecedented term in which the highest court produced a series of deeply conservative rulings upending American law.

In June, a court dominated 6-3 by Republican appointees overturned the right to abortion. It also issued consequential rulings on gun control, the environment and other controversial issues.

The Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act (Term), would establish 18-year terms for supreme court justices and establish a process for the president to appoint a new justice every two years. After an 18-year term, justices would be retired from active judicial service.

If the bill were to take effect, the nine justices now on the court would essentially be forced into senior status in order of reverse seniority, as jurists were appointed under the new mechanism.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Lol. Term limits for Congress first.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Is this constitutional?

[Torie]

Is this constitutional?

My aged legal mind whispered no, but Google search is your friend.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/can-congress-put-term-limits-on-supreme-court-justices-we-asked-five-legal-experts-court-packing-judges/65-2de67c84-910b-4a59-9824-f64d35866ae5


The political class is into performance art. When their show is about hot males disrobing, I might actually enjoy it. In the meantime, may they live in interesting times.

[Anti-Trump Truth Socialite JD Vance Enjoying Juror]

Blatantly unconstitutional pandering. Will go nowhere.

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Court packing is actually constitutional, but instead they go with this.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Based. Should also set a mandatory retirement age of like 70-75.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Won't pass in the Senate with the Filibuster and you have to have an Amendment not a bill waste of time

[Joe Republic]

I spitballed this idea twelve years ago:

I'd impose a single term limit of 18 years.  The terms would be staggered in such a way that each seat becomes vacant every two years.

Nice to see it caught on.

[jojoju1998]

The best plan for the Supreme Court jn my view is to create a retirement age for Supreme Court Justices around 80.

[Sir Mohamed]

DOA.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

Constitutionally suspect and doesn’t fix the problem. Just pack the court.