Just this week, the Court released its feeble attempt at regulating itself, announcing a laughable code of conduct that they totally promise to follow—despite not including any enforcement mechanisms or consequences. The introduction literally said “these rules and principles are not new.”

It’s little wonder that the American people's faith in our nation's highest court is at a record low. Between ethics violations, rubbing elbows with billionaires, and explosive decisions that kneecap our fundamental freedoms, the justices have never been less popular.

And any code of conduct they do draw up isn’t equipped to tackle one of the worst things about our current Court: thanks to lifetime appointments, we’re functionally stuck with all of them. This is unheard of in nearly every other major democracy.

It’s not just other countries—49 out of 50 states have term limits, elections, or age limits for their highest court members. But on our federal Supreme Court, the average tenure is 32 years. That’s three decades of Clarence Thomas’s casual relationship with the rule of law, decades of Samuel Alito’s sneering Wall Street Journal screeds, and a generation of right-wing control over our basic rights.

Enacting term limits for the Supreme Court would help restore trust by making the Court more representative of the American people. In fact, 7 out of 10 Americans support passing term limits. This is a no-brainer.

No one, least of all the corrupt, should have unchecked power for life. Send an email to your legislators telling them to sponsor the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act.

Thanks for all that you do!

Sami & Chloe
Digital Team, Stand Up America