Recent polling released by NBC News shows that only 22% of Americans have confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court. In the wake of that growing unpopularity, a new proposal in Congress would amend the Constitution to impose 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices. Democratic Rep. Johnny Olszewski of Maryland joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
18 years is a commonly chosen number so that each president gets two appointments each time they get elected, one in the first half of their term and one in the second half. It prevents a single president from just packing the court with their people every time, while also making sure each president actually gets appointments.
I think a president should only have one justice that they “own”, at a time. When that president leaves office and the next president picks a justice, the old justice should be removed from office.
The important thing is to prevent justices, regardless of source, from establishing an nest of corruption.