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.
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@44R279Y4yrs4Y
No, but the supreme court should maintain a balance of political opinions as to never lean one way or the other.
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
Yes, but I would like to at some point move to abolish the Supreme Court
@8RBQDDP4yrs4Y
Not at the moment, but this idea as well as other ways to reform the Supreme Court should be investigated
@3PJB4CP4yrs4Y
Yes, justices have varying ideologies and constitutional interpretations. The small number of justices is an inadequate sample size that cannot issue fair decisions and that creates intensely partisan battles regarding nominations. With more justices and shorter terms, decisions would have a more accurate consensus nomination battles would be less partisan.
@8SFDLS64yrs4Y
Yes, but only reform to impose term limits on judges and the majority political party in the House will also have the majority in the supreme court. Example: 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans as of right now since the House is democrat controlled. Alternatively if the Republicans have the House majority then the supreme court will be 5 republicans and 4 democrats.
@3868DQW4yrs4Y
Yes, reform is needed but it needs to be done in a way that can be carried out without politicization.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two additional seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age 75 limit on judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include two additional seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age limit of 75 for judges serving on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include two additional seats and impose an age limit of 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@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
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include two additional seats and impose an age limit of 75 for judges serving on the Court
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, by adding two additional judges to the Court, and setting term limits of 24 years for judges or a mandatory retirement age of 75, whichever comes first.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, by adding two additional judges to the Court and setting term limits of 24 years for judges and/or a mandatory retirement age of 75, whichever comes first.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and set a maximum age limit of 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, reform to add two additional seats and impose a maximum age limit of 75 for judges
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, but only reform to impose a maximum age limit of 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and a maximum age limit of 75 for Justices to serve on the Court
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and set a maximum age limit of 75 for Justices to serve on the Court
@8DDP7D34yrs4Y
The way justices are appointed needs to be reformed.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two additional seats and impose a maximum age limit of 75 on judges
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two additional seats and impose a maximum tenure of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two additional seats and a requirement that age 75 is the maximum tenure for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only reform to impose a term limit of age 75 on judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only reform to impose a term limit of age 75 on judges
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include more seats and impose an age limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two more seats and impose an age limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include two more seats and impose a limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
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
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two more seats and impose a limit of age 75 for judges who serve on the Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to include two more seats and an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only reform to impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, reform to add two more seats and impose an age 75 limit for judges serving on the Supreme Court
@8M98FV94yrs4Y
Yes, match the number of supreme court justices with the number of district circuits.
@Tjolly993yrs3Y
Abolish it. Switch to a Unicameral parliamentary system.
