Sponsor and Support the Term Act

The United States is the only major constitutional democracy in the world that doesn’t have term limits for our top justices. While term limits aren’t always necessary as voters exercise their rights at the ballot box to decide who best serves them, Supreme Court justices aren’t appointed by the American people. Too often in recent years, we’ve seen these lifetime appointments weaponized by partisanship, and the court has used its power to hand down rulings that contradict the vast majority of citizens and are systematically stripping away our rights. Despite 49 out of 50 states currently having term limits, elections, or age limits for their highest court, and polling that shows 7 out of 10 voters favor term limits for Supreme Court justices—the highest court in the land still has no limitations on how long a justice can serve. Rep. Hank Johnson re-introduced the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2023 (TERM Act) to make that a reality. The TERM Act would introduce fixed 18-year terms for current and future Supreme Court justices and establish regular nominations of justices in the first and third years of each presidential term. Please sponsor and support the TERM ACT.