In early 2020, several Democratic presidential candidates including Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke offered different proposals to reforming the Supreme Court. The proposals include adding 5 democratically elected judges to the current court and imposing term limits on current judges. According to the U.S. federal statute, justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office. Proponents of Supreme Court reform argue that the current court will be filled with too many conservative judges for the next several decades and it is not representative of the US population. Opponents argue that the plans are unconstitutional, would upset the balance of power and reinforce the idea that there are Democratic judges and Republican judges.
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@92JXK3J3yrs3Y
No. It is unconstitutional and expansion and term limits could be corrupted in the future for political purposes.
@6SGYZ4S4yrs4Y
Move to a 2/3rds majority confirmation requirement in the Senate for all federal judges, cap the Supreme Court at 9 justices, impose 18-year terms and a rotating term system for Supreme Court justices, and have a commission select a list of potential nominees for the President to select.
@86N5Z354yrs4Y
No, but reform how the judges are selected.
@86N5Z354yrs4Y
No, but there should be reform on how the justices are picked
@86N5Z354yrs4Y
No, but their should be reform on how the justices are picked
@86N5Z354yrs4Y
Yes, but also reform how the judges are selected to avoid politicization.
@8FCV27F3yrs3Y
Yes, and add an extensive nonpartisan screening process to insure each nominee is qualified and impartial.
@8LG9WPJ4yrs4Y
Yes, in that judges must be shown to be unbiased and apolitical. The judiciary should never be politicized. Judges should have to receive equal represented parties to be confirmed and be fully vetted. Term limits only for mandatory age retirement.
@thomasjj03yrs3Y
Get politics out of the court and impose term limits.
@ThomasJ4763yrs3Y
Implement terms limits and get the politics out of the courts.
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