Recent polling released by NBC News shows that only 22% of Americans have confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court. In the wake of that growing unpopularity, a new proposal in Congress would amend the Constitution to impose 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices. Democratic Rep. Johnny Olszewski of Maryland joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
  • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    In support of 18 it’s terms staggered every two years with the current 9 justices, so each president gets two. Personally I’d hope after year 1 and year 3, so as to avoid any tomfoolery of immediately taking office and installing a troublemaker.

    Not quite sure how I’d handle it if we get to 13 Justices like we’ll need to.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Not quite sure how I’d handle it if we get to 13 Justices like we’ll need to.

      It’s crazy that we have 12 regional circuits and only nine judges to oversee them. But imagine how many people would freak out at the number 13 if we had that many judges