Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Senators Unveil Bill Placing Term Limits on Supreme Court

Press Release: U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) this week filed a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The amendment would institute nonrenewable, 18-year terms for new U.S. Supreme Court Justices, with a new term starting every two years. The Senators' amendment aims to restore confidence in the Court, eliminate political gamesmanship from the nomination process, and reinforce judicial independence.

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Supreme Court term-limits amendment proposed by Sens. Manchin, Welch. "The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices."

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In a world of unintended consequences this could trigger a rush to a constitutional convention, where all sorts of fun and sickening changes could be pushed through (e.g., goodbye Fourth, Fifth and 22nd Amendments, no emoluments clause, the IRS eliminated, etc.). Americans have proven themselves to be failures in civics class, so they will believe anything that the blonde gals on Faux News tell them about, including when it involves a lessening of individual rights and protections currently listed in the Constitution...

#1 | Posted by catdog at 2024-12-10 01:05 PM

I wish this had a chance of becoming law but it will never happen.

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2024-12-10 01:10 PM

With the GOP, any limits on their terms or corruption is dead on arrival.

The GOP doesn't care about corruption so long as it is their club that is corrupt.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-12-10 01:21 PM

#1 that happens and watch a mass exodus from the defunct
rollback united states of the civil war era...

#4 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-12-10 01:23 PM

Both houses of Congress should step up and implement themselves a term limit and show the judiciary how easy it is.

#5 | Posted by homerj at 2024-12-10 09:10 PM

@#1 ... In a world of unintended consequences this could trigger a rush to a constitutional convention ...

Yeah, those unintended consequences aside, what do you think of Pres-elect trump's prior call to terminate the rule of the Constitution?

www.newsweek.com

...Needs Context.

In December 2022, while pushing the false claim that he lost the 2020 election, Trump suggested the "termination of all rules...even those found in the Constitution" was merited in correcting his unfounded grievance. ...


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-10 09:43 PM

... 18-year terms for new U.S. Supreme Court Justices ...

I like the 18-year term aspect, because it does not align itself with the politics of the four-year Presidential cycle, and the Congresses that seem to come into power during that four-year cycle.

It is similar to the 10-year term of the FBI Director. An for similar reasons.


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-10 09:47 PM

Pretty sure this would require a constitutional amendment.

That's a term limit. An FBI director can be removed prior to that limit.

#8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-10 09:52 PM

Just setting term limits is not enough. All of the drama associated with a SCOTUS pick needs to be minimized or eliminated if possible. I would think a rotation into SCOTUS seats would be preferable than direct appointments. In that way, the POTUS can not influence the current makeup of the court and consequently its decisions.

Members of the SCOTUS would rotate into those positions on a random basis from the appellate courts and serve a multi-year (6?) year term. Instead of nominating judges to the SCOTUS, president would nominate candidates to the District courts. Staffing of appellate court positions would come from the District courts.

#9 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2024-12-11 07:16 AM

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