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Term limits are by far the most popular form of Supreme Court reform. According to a recent poll from the Associated Press, two-thirds of Americans favor term limits for Supreme Court justices.
On this episode of Contempt of Court, Elie Mystal is joined by Leah Litman and Aaron Belkin, to discuss what's wrong with everybody's favorite reform option.
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Term limits are by far the most popular form of Supreme Court reform. According to a recent poll from the Associated Press, two-thirds of Americans favor term limits for Supreme Court justices. That includes 57 percent of registered Republicans, and a whopping 82 percent of registered Democrats.
The core problem with term limits is that they are brazenly unconstitutional. Every other reform we’ve talked about in this series, or will talk about, the Constitution either approves of or is silent about. But term-limits? Nah, the document is specific about that.
On this episode of Contempt of Court, I’m joined by Leah Litman and Aaron Belkin, to discuss what’s wrong with everybody’s favorite reform option.
Elie MystalTwitterElie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and the host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court. He is also an Alfred Knobler Fellow at the Type Media Center. His first book is the New York Times bestseller Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, published by The New Press. Elie can be followed @ElieNYC.