House Democrats Propose Bill to Place Term Limits on Supreme Court Justices

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 14, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

House Democrats on July 26 introduced a proposal that would set term limits on U.S. Supreme Court justices.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), chair of the chamber’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, claimed that the nation’s higher court faces a “legitimacy crisis.”