President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a proposal to reform the United States Supreme Court by adding term limits and an ethics code, saying he was motivated in part by the overturning of Roe v. Wade and other recent rulings.
In a July 29 op-ed for the Washington Post attributed to Biden, the president said “term limits would help ensure that the court’s membership changes with some regularity.” The plan would give justices one 18-year term. The president would appoint one justice every two years, which would ensure that the Supreme Court continues to have nine justices.
“The United States is the only major constitutional democracy that gives lifetime seats to its high court,” Biden continued. “Term limits would help ensure that the court’s membership changes with some regularity. That would make timing for court nominations more predictable and less arbitrary. It would reduce the chance that any single presidency radically alters the makeup of the court for generations to come.”
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