Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices

As long as they police themselves, they're going to continue to given themselves the best deal they can possibly think of. Don't you wish you could vote a raise for yourself? Or decide you want premium insurance instead of Obammycare at everyone else's expense? And on and on and on. Fackers.

Very true, but only one PARTY in one branch of our govt seems hell bent on cancelling the others.

First, they did everything they could to cancel a duly elected President to the Executive Branch (several times).

Now they want to cancel justices they don’t like in the Judicial Branch.

Perhaps it’s this one PARTY that needs cancelling since they don’t respect our form of government.

About fucking time

Need them every 5years max as society changes frequently and we cannot be bound by the out dated laws of the past

What hypocrites.

Congressman and Senate term limits first.

Not to mention, the constitution says that they are appointed FOR LIFE.

Don't screw with the constitution unless you want a war.

Congress makes the laws. They’re elected every 2 and 6 years. They can change any laws they want.

But they can’t change the Constitution without passing an Amendment.

The Supreme Court, when it does its job, determines whether laws passed are Constitutional.

Because they are supposed to interpret the LAW....They do not interpret feelings, beliefs or policies. The SCOTUS is the only continuity, by interpreting the laws per The Constitution. If we are changing Justices all the time, the law becomes less and less relevant and based more on politics and feelings and not The Constitution.

Terms limits need to be enacted on Congress; they are supposed to be there as a representation of The People in their district not a career path. Most of them seem to have forgotten this.

They make the damn laws; SCOTUS only interprets them per The Constitution. If they are calling for this, they are calling for Feelings Justices and Beliefs Justices, not Justices of the law.

Yep.

"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office." Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution

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Term limits for Congress first.

Yes

I meant amend the Constitution to reflect this.

It is a given that all changes require a constitutional amendment, including what they are proposing.

It's all theater. The US wll probably not exist as a country in 2025, at least nothing resembling one.

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Absolutely !! we desperately need term limits for congress.

We also need to STOP the payments, insurances, and other perks when they leave office !!!!! It's insane what these corrupt idiots (from both parties) drain from tax dollars, even after they leave office.

Yes it would. Funnyvwhen the Supreme Court strikes it down as unconstitutional.

Better to put term limits on the Federal Reserve just as it was with the US's previous central banks that were given 20 year charters instead of this 100 year bullshit!!

Then again, it may not be wise to fight the people who put you into Office lest you want your head going, "Back and to the Left",...

Maybe they need a reminder. We should go visit them in the Capitol building to explain things to them.

The states tried to place term limits on Congress, but the U.S. Supreme Court shot it down in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), finding that states cannot impose more restrictions on the qualifications of congresspersons greater than what the U.S. Constitution provides. I believe Congress is also barred from action on term limits under a similar decision in Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969), which probably has something to do with the movement in the 1990s to enact term limits at the state level.

I think that Justice Clarence Thomas was correct in his dissent in Thorton where he said:

"It is ironic that the Court bases today's decision on the right of the people to "choose whom they please to govern them." Under our Constitution, there is only one State whose people have the right to "choose whom they please" to represent Arkansas in Congress ... Nothing in the Constitution deprives the people of each State of the power to prescribe eligibility requirements for the candidates who seek to represent them in Congress. The Constitution is simply silent on this question. And where the Constitution is silent, it raises no bar to action by the States or the people."

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Nope, this would require an amendment. SCOTUS would rule the bill unconstitutional.

They are so dumb, of course everyone would look at them first. at least I hope

translation: republicans will never win president again because of cheating and in 15 years it will be 9 democrat supreme justices forever

All this will do, if it goes anywhere, is make the newly appointed judges undo what the judges before them did. Effectively making a back and forth war, over and over.

Notice how the Demonrats introduce this bill after Ginsberg expires? They reek of hypocrisy.

No term limits for them. This just reveals that they are aware of the problem of term limits.

When anyone in congress tries this type of bill you know they have not read the constitution or who can change this type of thing. Congress does not have this power, The Supreme Court is one of the Three separate parts of the Gov. they don't control the Supreme court the States and the people do.

The way I look at what went on in congress, the states and the people need to do a little work on congress and executive sides now. They may not know it but the States and People can abolish the house and senate and any other part of the government.

The Supreme Court (including all the liberals on it) would then declare this law unconstitutional because there was never an amendment to the Constitution limiting their term of office.

I actually think this is a good idea myself . It would stop the threat of death like when they more than likely killed Justice Scalia . He was killed .
Two 6 year terms 12 years tops and congress the same with a way to censure them every two years so you don’t have them turn costing after there second term starts .

It was never meant to be this way imo . Biden had 40 years in the Government . Pelosi too .

They will sneak in "but only for right leaning judges". Left leaning judges or judges appointed by a democrat may serve forever.