A group of Senate Democrats proposed limiting Supreme Court justices’ terms to 18 years in order to “ensure the Court is more accountable to the American people.”
Announced on Oct. 19, the bill would require the president to appoint a new justice every two years with each losing their ability after 18 years to hear cases on the appellate docket, which is where most of the Court’s major cases (e.g. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and Roe v. Wade) have historically originated.
