Initiative Details
Supreme Court Justice Term Limits
-Put term limits on the Supreme Court justices equal to 2 years times the number of justices (currently 9 justices therefore 9*2=18-year term limit) so every two years a justice must be reconfirmed, or replaced by a new candidate.
The process occurs starting in February of a non-federal election year and must be voted on by Congress by the end-of-June that year. If the justice is not confirmed, or if a justice leaves the bench before their term ends, their replacement justice’s confirmation becomes the next upcoming reconfirmation, and reconfirmation for all other justices will be extended 2-years.
To initiate the process, the first justice to be reconfirmed will be the longest serving justice. The process will occur during the next non-congressional election year and proceeding sequentially for each justice by years served longest to shortest being last to be reconfirmed, then continuing forever.
If the number of justices is increased, the new justices will be added into to the reconfirmation process in their order of confirmation.
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250 years ago, people generally did not live as long, so now a lifetime term is much longer. The lifetime term’s intent was to not have justices affected by having upcoming elections, but having a 18 year term also does the same thing, while allowing change to occur in the court over a longer period of time.
Derek
I agree with this completely. The average life span has changed dramatically and our laws should account for this, not be stuck in the past.