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Should the Supreme Court be reformed to include more seats and term limits on judges?

In early 2020, several Democratic presidential candidates including Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke offered different proposals to reforming the Supreme Court. The proposals include adding 5 democratically elected judges to the current court and imposing term limits on current judges. According to the U.S. federal statute, justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office. Proponents of Supreme Court reform argue that the current court will be filled with too many conservative judges for the next several decades and it is not representative of the US population. Opponents argue that the plans are unconstitutional, would upset the balance of power and reinforce the idea that there are Democratic judges and Republican judges.

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Response rates from 159k America voters.

59%
Yes
41%
No
47%
Yes
34%
No
10%
Yes, but only reform to impose term limits on judges
5%
No, and the Supreme Court should not be politicized
1%
Yes, but only reform to include more seats
3%
No, reforming the Supreme Court is unconstitutional and would upset the balance of power

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 @9B6C78H from Oklahoma  answered…3yrs3Y

No, do not add seats and require judges to pass a mental competency test instead of setting term limits

 @8S3VK73 from Ohio  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but I would prefer to abolish the Supreme Court

 @9CNX3B9 from Oklahoma  answered…3yrs3Y

No, do not add seats and require judges to pass an annual mental competency test instead of setting term limits

 @8TH779G from Oklahoma  answered…5yrs5Y

No, do not add seats and set age limits instead of term limits

 @9C69K68 from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but I would prefer to abolish the Supreme Court.

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Yes, although abolishing the supreme court would be better

 @8NMTXR9 from Missouri  answered…6yrs6Y

I don't understand this question.

 @8ZJCDZ7 from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, and abolish the Supreme Court

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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