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.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, add two additional seats and impose an age limit of 75 for judges serving on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, impose an age limit of 75 for judges serving on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include two additional seats and impose an age limit of 75 for judges serving on the Court
@8FCV27F2yrs2Y
Yes, and add an extensive nonpartisan screening process to insure each nominee is qualified and impartial.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, and de politicize the courts.
@93SYZTJ2yrs2Y
Yes, but I would prefer abolishing the Supreme Court.
@92JXK3J2yrs2Y
No. It is unconstitutional and expansion and term limits could be corrupted in the future for political purposes.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, get the politics out of the courts and implement term limits.
@93DHP4B2yrs2Y
Yes, but done per Article V with Amendment(s).
@8SRXJQG2yrs2Y
Reform in a way that allows the ability to remove a Justice if compromised or incompetent.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, implement term limits and get the politics out of the courts.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, reform the court to get politics out and implement term limits.
@9334YP32yrs2Y
No, and it should not be possible to become supreme court justice unless one is a Christian heterosexual cisgender male who believes the constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding at the time it was adopted.
@92YHQCV2yrs2Y
Yes, unless you have a Better Idea to Prevent The US supreme court from becoming a threat to our democracy. (e.g. being weaponized to skew political power, insulate extreme conservative coalitions from accountability, etc.)
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, implement term limits and get politics out of the courts.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, get politics out of the courts and impose term limits.
@92GWJXX2yrs2Y
No, just get politics out of the courts and implement term limits.
@89JQZYK2yrs2Y
Yes, include 15 seats and age limits to 70
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include two additional seats and impose an age limit of 75 for judges who serve on the Court
Deleted2yrs2Y
Implement term limits and get the politics out of the court.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age limit of 75 for judges serving on the Court
@85QL69F2yrs2Y
Regardless, Supreme Court justices should be decided in a national election voted on by the American people
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include two additional seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Court
@ThomasJ4762yrs2Y
Implement terms limits and get the politics out of the courts.
@8ZMLD8W2yrs2Y
new seats and some sort of term limits. also should hold evaluations after a certain amount of time
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to add two additional seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to add two more seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court.
@ThomasJJ992yrs2Y
Get politics out of the courts and impose term limits.
@8VHBC3L2yrs2Y
The Judges should be replaced by religious scholars
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include two more seats and an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@ThomasJj882yrs2Y
No, get politics out of the courts and implement term limits.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Get the politics out of the courts and implement term limits.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to add two more seats and impose a limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
Deleted2yrs2Y
Get the politics out of the court.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, vote on a Constitutional amendment to add two more seats and impose a limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include two more seats and impose a limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to add two more seats and impose an age limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and impose an age limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose a term limit of age 75 on judges
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose a term limit of age 75 on judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age 75 limit on judges who serve on the Court
@88NZKDZ2yrs2Y
Yes, there should be term limits to reduce the amount of power an individual can hold and court-packing would be more representative of our population.
@8Y2TFS52yrs2Y
Yes, term limits should be 12 years and enough seats should be added to offset the Republicans' abuse of the Judicial appointment process.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges who serve on the Court
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose term limits on justices with option of having them reappointed or replaced. Same policy would apply to all federal judicial benches.
@thomasjj02yrs2Y
Get politics out of the court and impose term limits.
@8TVSNS62yrs2Y
I do believe the Supreme Court does need more seats. The number of seats on the Supreme Court matched the number of districts courts. Since there are 13 US District Courts, this means that four more seats should be added to restore the balance, whether the judge is affiliated with the Democrat Party or the Republican Party. Regarding term limits, I am not familiar with this issue
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, but only reform to impose term limits on justices with option of having them reappointed or replaced, and allow citizens to decide who shall serve in the Supreme Court to become elected officials and include more seats. Same policy would apply to all federal judicial benches. Overall, there should be an equal number of liberal and conservative judges.