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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 27, 2022

A group of House Democrats introduced a bill yesterday to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices, The Hill reports. The legislation would authorize the president to nominate Supreme Court justices every two years — in the first and third years after a presidential election. If confirmed by the Senate, those individuals would serve a maximum 18 years on the bench. After their tenures are complete, the justices would retire from active service and assume senior status, during which time they would only hear cases if there was a vacancy, disability or disqualification on the court. Congressman Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, signed on as a sponsor of the bill. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., introduced the same measure in the Senate.