SCOTUS Term Limits? Inside Biden's Plan to Transform the High Court

With the 2024 election cycle continuing to take many twists and turns, President Joe Biden's sweeping proposals to alter the U.S. Supreme Court are certain to re-emerge in the headlines as the campaign intensifies. Jeremy Dys, senior counsel for First Liberty, a conservative legal firm, opposes Biden's recommendations and said he believes the Supreme Court has long been used to drive a wedge between voters.

"That the Supreme Court would be used by the left as a political tool or a political weapon, I think is just simply shameful," he said. "Our republican-democracy here requires judicial independence." And Dys wasn't done there, lamenting what he sees as the Biden administration's improper use of court-packing threats and other related tactics "to try to get their way."

The attorney said the proposal for term limits would immediately impact Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, largely seen as more conservative justices. Terms would be limited to 18 years, with presidents nominating judges to the court every two years. "It all comes clear into view what the real target here is," Dys said. "They can't get their way at the Supreme Court, and, so, now, in their view, they have to punish." He continued, "I think it's just simply shocking and should shock the conscience of every American. What this would do immediately would be to drive off the two conservatives on the bench that the left hates the most."

Dys believes this is the "very point" of the effort and said this "type of political vindictiveness should never be rewarded." Looking back at historical precedent, the attorney said he believes the lifetime appointments for judges were set in motion to provide the "maximum amount of judicial independence" and to insulate the justices as much as possible from the political pressures of the day. Watch him explain.

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