Join our call for term limits.
John,
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court eviscerated decades of hard-won progress and precedent, dealing blows to affirmative action and LGBTQ+ protections. Days before these disastrous decisions were announced, we had launched a campaign calling for term limits to rein in the overreaching and unaccountable Court.
The response has been huge. Brennan Center supporters like you have already sent over 35,000 messages to their members of Congress in support of 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.
History shows that there can be a fierce backlash when the Court overreaches. And ongoing ethics scandals have repeatedly called the Court’s legitimacy into question.
There’s no doubt that we’re reaching a breaking point. But John, it looks like you haven’t taken action yet. Can you take a minute to contact your representative and senators to demand term limits for Supreme Court justices?
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CALL FOR TERM LIMITS NOW
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From: Brennan Center for Justice
Subject: We’re calling for Supreme Court term limits — join us
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Dear John,
Yesterday, we learned about the latest Supreme Court ethics scandal — this time involving Justice Alito failing to disclose gifts from a billionaire donor. These ongoing scandals highlight that our system of judicial accountability and checks and balances is broken.
The disconnect between the American people and the radical conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court is only intensifying. In decision after decision — on abortion rights, gun control, and climate protection — the Court is handing down decades worth of social change at odds with both precedent and public sentiment.
Put simply: no one should have this much power for this long. George Washington had that insight when he stepped down from the presidency after two terms. Public trust in the Court is at an all-time low. We are calling for a powerful tool to bring accountability back to the Supreme Court: term limits.
Tell Congress: The American people want Supreme Court term limits NOW.
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Add Your Voice >>
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The United States stands virtually alone in giving justices a lifetime job. Rhode Island is the only state with life tenure for its state supreme court. Every other major democracy in the world has term or age limits for their high courts. On average, justices today sit on the bench for more than a decade longer than their predecessors did in the 1960s, accruing far more power than anyone in the founding era would have anticipated.
It’s no surprise that public support for the Court is at its lowest ever — and falling fast. This all amounts to a crisis of legitimacy of the Supreme Court’s own making as it inserts itself into the most controversial issues of our day. The notion of term limits, however, is uncontroversial. It has broad and consistent bipartisan support.
Will you join us and demand that Congress balances the Supreme Court’s unchecked power with 18-year term limits?
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CALL FOR SUPREME COURT TERM LIMITS NOW >>
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Thank you for taking a stand,
The Brennan Center for Justice
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