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Democrats prepare bill limiting U.S. Supreme Court justice terms to 18 years

2020-09-26

Kabuki for the rubes — the Senate will never even consider it in committee. Still a warning for what they will do if they get control of House, Senate, and White House all at once..

[CA.REUTERS] Democrats in of the House of Representatives will introduce a bill next week to limit the tenure of U.S. Supreme Court justices to 18 years from current lifetime appointments, in a bid to reduce partisan warring over vacancies and preserve the court’s legitimacy.

The new bill, seen by Rooters, would allow every president to nominate two justices per four-year term and comes amid heightened political tensions as Republican President Donald Trump

...Oh, noze! Not him!...
prepares to announce his third pick for the Supreme Court after the death on Sept. 18 of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with just 40 days to go until the Nov. 3 election.

"It would save the country a lot of agony and help lower the temperature over fights for the court that go to the fault lines of cultural issues and is one of the primary things tearing at our social fabric," said Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, who plans to introduce the legislation on Tuesday, along with Representatives Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts and Don Beyer of Virginia.

Partly due to rising life expectancies, justices serve increasingly long tenures, on average now more than 25 years.

Posted by:Fred

#17 Term limits for everyone!

Up the 2 year for representatives to 6 years like the senate. You get 2 terms for the house and 2 years for the senate.

Expand the supreme court to 50 and each state gets to appoint their own justice for a term of 1 year. Vice-president is the tie breaker.

Posted by: DarthVader 2020-09-26 21:30

#16 How many years has Pelosi been in office?

And a change like this requires an amendment. Pelosi as usual ignores the constitution.

Lets put in term limits for the lot of them.

8 years is enough for President so 8 years is enough for representatives.

2 terms is enough for President to 2 terms is enough for Senate.

Make it 16 years for justices, with one reappointment of 16 years, with senatorial advise and consent.

Posted by: Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-26 17:12

#15 The Church of the White Supremacist Handmaids no doubt

Posted by: Spats Elmeamp4960 2020-09-26 15:55

#14 /\ Oh, the humanity!

Posted by: Clem 2020-09-26 14:45

#13 Twitter has eye reports ACB and her family left the house, "dressed like they were going to church"

Posted by: Frank G 2020-09-26 14:40

#12 ...I point out again, it will be challenged in court. Think you'll get an unbiased hearing?

You are dealing with a branch of the government that has expanded its purview and power for the last 60 years unconstrained.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-09-26 12:29

#11 I don't see anything in the Constitution that says anything on the number or term of Supreme Court Justices. Seems to imply it is up to Congress.

Posted by: Glenmore 2020-09-26 12:25

#10 “Under no circumstance should those who want to rule be allowed to do so.”
Read that somewhere. Seems like excellent advice.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-09-26 11:59

#9 Add in term limits for Senators and Congressmen and we'll talk.

Posted by: Iblis 2020-09-26 11:50

#8 Need to go by Article V amending process. Any bill will be challenged in court. You think you'll get an unbiased ruling?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-09-26 11:00

#7 The forty to fifty year lock the Dems had on SCOTUS is close to being broken - of course they want to change the rules again.

Posted by: Raj 2020-09-26 09:16

#6 The primary qualification for public office is that they have to be dragged into office, screaming and kicking. Nobody who want's it is trustworthy.

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-09-26 08:12

#5 How about choosing all officials by lottery?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-26 08:08

#4 I move to amend the measure to include Representatives and Senators. Do I hear a second?

Posted by: Bobby 2020-09-26 07:45

#3 You don't amend the constitution with a bill

Posted by: Frank G 2020-09-26 05:59

#2 When the wrong people arrive at the right answer for the wrong reason.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-09-26 04:35

#1 "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-09-26 02:01

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