“No one person should hold too much power for too long, and that's why we're urging state legislatures to call on Congress to pass Supreme Court term limits.”

Bluesky · Aug 5 · Brennan Center urges states to push Congress on Supreme Court term limits

“Forty-nine of 50 states do not provide lifetime appointments for their state supreme court justices. No one should hold power for life.”

Bluesky · Aug 4 · Brennan Center urges states to push Congress on Supreme Court term limits

“The Supreme Court has amassed extraordinary power while public trust in the institution has plummeted.”

Bluesky · Aug 6 · Brennan Center urges states to push Congress on Supreme Court term limits

“For example, in a 2026 poll, only 22 percent of voters had a 'great deal' or 'quite a bit' of confidence in the Court.”

Bluesky · Aug 4 · Brennan Center urges states to push Congress on Supreme Court term limits

“Term limits would ensure that no single person has too much power for too long. Justices would sit in staggered terms of active service and take 'senior status' after 18 years.”

Bluesky · Aug 4 · Brennan Center urges states to push Congress on Supreme Court term limits

“A faction of the Roberts Court's lifetime-appointed justices have worked to demolish the law and override the judgments of near unanimous bipartisan majorities of multiple Congresses on questions that are fundamental to representative government.”

Brennan Center article on Bluesky · Aug 5 · Brennan Center calls for Supreme Court term limits after Voting Rights Act decisions

“Our governing institutions, including the Supreme Court, must not become so powerful that they undermine core democratic principles.”

Brennan Center article on Bluesky · Aug 5 · Brennan Center calls for Supreme Court term limits after Voting Rights Act decisions

“Lifetime terms have cut off the Supreme Court from democratic accountability, and the justices have used their power to undermine democracy by dismantling the Voting Rights Act. This is why reforms like term limits are needed.”

Bluesky · Aug 8 · Brennan Center calls for Supreme Court term limits after Voting Rights Act decisions

“Now the average (since 1993) has surpassed 28 years — or seven presidential terms.”

Brennan Center article · Aug 5 · Brennan Center calls for Supreme Court term limits after Voting Rights Act decisions