Wide Majorities Losing Faith In John Roberts' Supreme Court, Want Term Limits

[Javaman]

10. A few years ago I posted an opinion on just this...

I took all the supreme court justices terms over time, eliminated the extremes on both ends and came up with roughly a 17 year average.

I rounded it down to 15 years. It should never be an even number so it never coincides with an election year.

that should be the term limit.

it's not like we don't know, in this day in age, when a supreme will retire.

it would begin this way, starting from when they were sworn in, they supremes would have a 15 year term limit.

that means that Roberts, who was sworn in in 2005, would have 6 more years on the bench.

And those who already have served 15+ years, such as scalia, kennedy, thomas, ginsberg and breyer, would serve 1 to 2 additional years (to be determined) and they would then be retired in the order by which who served the longest. so it would be scalia would go in two years, then kennedy, thomas etc...

yes, there is always the possibility of "stacking the court" but we have that going on now so, there would be effectively no difference.

I have always been in the firm belief that we must have term limits if we are to evolve as a democracy. This goes for members of congress as well.

It prevents the entrenched power of various politicians, would weaken the lobbying sector and give the people direct participation in our elections. If you already know who will win based upon some ones legacy a politician in a certain district or state is basically unbeatable, then what's the point of voting?

Votes would matter, money would be less of an issue in politics, and politicians would actually listen to us then the corporations.