Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In the Senate bill, “senior status” means that the justice would hear a small number of cases within the Court’s jurisdiction as first set out in the Constitution (e.g., disputes between states). 4/ 170
Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Under the senators’ bill, presidents would nominate a new justice every two years. This would put an end to the strategic retirements that now allow a justice to step down when an ideologically agreeable jurist is likely to be nominated in their place. 5/ www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgStrategic Retirements Hurt the Supreme Court. Term Limits Would End Them.Justices timing their exits to happen under a particular president undermines trust in judicial impartiality. 1121
Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Congress has the power to impose term limits on the Supreme Court, see the @brennancenter.org's new legal memo for more. 6/ www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgSupreme Court Term Limits Are ConstitutionalThis legal analysis of leading proposals for term limits demonstrates that they can be implemented by statute. 191
