Court-packing is a terrible idea. And if a Democratic Congress expanded the Supreme Court to influence its rulings, what would prevent a future Republican Congress and president from following suit?
have joined in proposing that justices — who now serve for life unless they choose to retire — be appointed instead to fixed terms. The most popular proposal would provide for an 18-year term.Fixed terms would have several advantages. They would prevent justices from serving past their prime or clinging to their positions in an attempt to ensure that a president they trust will appoint their successors. Fixed terms also would expand the pool of potential nominees to include seasoned lawyers.
A proposal for 18-year terms favored by the reform group Fix the Court would allow a president to make two Supreme Court nominations during a four-year term. Most recent presidents have appointed at least two justices, but the frequency of appointments has varied. For example, Richard Nixon appointed four justices in his first term; Jimmy Carter didn’t get the chance to appoint any.
Congress arguably has the power to force the shift to fixed terms. The Constitution says that federal judges “shall hold their offices during,” a provision generally interpreted as conferring life tenure. But Congress wouldn’t necessarily violate that provision if it passed a statute barring justices from spending more than 18 years of their life tenure on the Supreme Court, reassigning them after that to lower courts — where retired Supreme Court justices have already heard cases on occasion.
opinion I think the founding fathers were smarter than you.
opinion Hahahahaha
opinion Let’s limit congress first. Then we can talk about judges.
opinion Agreed and for congress as well.
opinion If Supreme Court terms are limited to 18 years, why not limit Senate and Congressional terms to 18 years? The President is already limited to 2 terms (8 years) or 10 years if s/he assumes the office.
opinion If you are the retirement age. You shouldnt be in politics. You arent thinking about the future of our country because you wont be apart of it. DrainTheSwamp
opinion Lifetime is too long and unpredictable. Make it 16 years. Span two presidents.
opinion How about the public postings of IQ and civics test scores for people who run for Senate seats instead?
opinion I say limit the terms of Mitch McConnell...that would be a better start ....
opinion Whomever wrote this opinion has clue as to why there are no term limits for justices and should go back to junior high. That’s where I learned it.
opinion Let’s go dinosaur. Stop holding things up
opinion How about term limits for Speakers of the House ? Then maybe we wouldn't have to worry about the Supreme Court !!!!
opinion How about limiting the terms of Senitors as well.
opinion 100% agreed!
opinion Why not limit the terms of all politicians?
opinion Making supreme court justice a politicians job? Not that any of it seems to matter anymore as everyone has failed it, the founding of the separate branches were designed with the court specifically to-be independent of political whims & consolidations of power to avoid tyranny!!
opinion A thought Lomit The Time For Senators!
opinion I'd be worried that putting term limits on judicial seats will lead to judges who try to fill their pockets before leaving office, like the House and Senate. Under the current system, there's less incentive for a justice to take a bribe because they have lifetime job security.
opinion Best do it now cause with life extension drugs due to be on the market in the next decade you could be looking at Justices have hundreds of years of being in the bench.
opinion Limit Senators to 8 years
opinion Congress 1st.
opinion Term limits should exist for Supreme Court Justices.
opinion Way before that we limit House and Senate terms
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