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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Supreme Court is an outlier when it comes to life tenure. 49 out of 50 states don’t provide lifetime appointments for their state supreme court justices. 8/ www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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Life Tenure Is a Rarity on State Supreme Courts

The U.S. Supreme Court should follow the example of 49 states, where justices don’t serve life terms.

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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Term limits will give the Court fresh perspectives and new ideas – critically important for a group of people who make major decisions affecting millions of Americans. 9/

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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

And term limits for the Court are popular. A poll released last month by Marquette put support at 79% of the public. That’s 73% of Republicans, 71% of independents, and 87% of Democrats in support of Supreme Court term limits. 10/

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