Supreme Court term-limits amendment proposed by Sens. Manchin, Welch
8th December 2024
Washington Poop, a Voice of the Crust.
The amendment — introduced Thursday by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) — would impose 18-year term limits on new justices appointed to the court, so eventually there would be a new opening about every two years.
Welch, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the goal of the amendment is to restore confidence in the high court and promote judicial independence. “Most people see the court as political. In fact, I do as well,” he said. “The question is, ‘How can we restore confidence?’”
Thursday’s joint resolution is the latest and most ambitious step in the years-long effort to make substantive changes to the Supreme Court following outrage over ethics scandals involving Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. and rulings from the 6-3 conservative supermajority that have overturned legal precedent.
Said ‘scandals’ being ginned up by Democrats, and any ‘loss of coifidence’ being caused by constant calumnies in the Narrative Media. Democrats are just tired of losing, and are attempting to change the rules in the middle of the game, as they always do.