TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 26, 2020

More than two dozen constitutional law experts on Friday voiced support for legislation that would establish 18-year term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, The Hill reports. The move comes a day after Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would form a bipartisan group to study and recommend court reform options if he wins. The specific legislation endorsed by the group of 30 has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Democrats Ro Khanna of California, Don Beyer of Virginia and Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts. In an attempt to not clash with the Constitution’s grant of life tenure to federal judges, the bill would allow justices to serve on lower courts after their high court term expired. The group of scholars was organized by the advocacy group Fix the Court.