El Salvador Just Made It Legal for Bukele To Stay in Power Indefinitely
With near-total control of Congress, Nayib Bukele’s party eliminated key limits on presidential power.
Term Limits
Biden-Harris on Supreme Court Term Limits
An attack on the independence of the federal judiciary.
Trump Values Judicial Independence Only When It Benefits Him
His criticism of President Joe Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reform is hard to take seriously.
Biden's Last Gasps
Plus: Venezuelan election follow-up, racial segregation is back (for Kamala), and more...
Thoughts on Biden's Proposed Supreme Court Reforms
The proposals include term limits for Supreme Court justices, a binding ethics code, and a constitutional amendment limiting the president's' immunity from prosecution. All 3 are potentially good ideas. But the devil is in details.
Biden Now Wants To Force Others To Retire Too
Plus: Vance's anti-Trump emails, Venezuelan elections, toxic masculinity discourse, and more...
Why Are Some Republicans Revolting Against Kevin McCarthy's Bid To Be Speaker of the House?
The insurgent Republicans want to balance the budget, impose new barriers to immigration, and increase transparency for future earmark spending.
Wallowing Around in a Gerontocracy
Plus: The editors consider what type of fresh attacks the marijuana legalization movement is likely to encounter.
Nancy Pelosi Embodied America's Gerontocracy Problem
She was the beneficiary of a political system that limits opportunities for new ideas and new faces to rise.
Biden Supreme Court Commission Issues Final Report
The report doesn't endorse court-packing or term limits. But it's generally more favorable to the latter than the former. It also provides valuable overview of a wide range of SCOTUS-related issues.
Court Rejects Michigan Lawmakers Challenge to State's Term Limits Law
Whether or not term limits for state legislators are wise, they are constitutional.
Biden Supreme Court Commission Releases "Discussion Materials" on Court-Packing, Term Limits, and Other Issues
The preliminary reports are generally negative on court-packing, but favorable to term limits.
Are Supreme Court Term Limits Coming Soon?
Biden’s Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court seems to favor judicial term limits.
Does the Supreme Court Need Fixing? If So, Why and How?
Decisions that progressives don't like are not necessarily a sign that something has gone horribly wrong.
Pitfalls of Statutory Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
Supreme Court term limits are a good idea. But they must be enacted by constitutional amendment, not by statute.
Two Cheers for Supreme Court Term Limits
The idea has a lot of merit. But it will be hard to enact, and probably won't do much to end partisan conflict over Supreme Court appointments.
The Libertarian Case for Term Limits
Nick Tomboulides of U.S. Term Limits says the best way to shrink government is to limit how long legislators can serve.
Chicago Uses Straw Ban Ballot Measure to Make Sure Citizens Can't Vote on Term Limits
The city's straw initiative combines the nanny statism of straw bans with the greasy machine politics of Chicago.
Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices Won't Save Us
But they might be worth trying anyway.
"Electing Good People Isn't Enough"
Talking with Mark Meckler about using an Article V "Convention of States" to amend the Constitution to limit government size and growth
Term Limits Unlimited
The movement to limit politicians' terms in office has continued to grow with support from libertarian thinkers and financiers.
No, the Supreme Court Doesn't Need Term Limits
Long-serving justices are far likelier to be impervious to fleeting populist bugaboos and the political pressures of the day.
Poll: 63 Percent of Americans Would Vote to Abolish Electoral College
75 percent would also vote for term limits
