How To Get To 18 Years
The 2021 Biden Commission on the Court has now led - with a big \u201cassistance\u201d from the Court itself - to President Biden\u2019s own plan for Court reform. It is sketchy in many ways, but is entirely consistent with Professor Amar\u2019s long-held views on 18 year active terms for Supreme Court justices, though the President\u2019s proposal lacks the detail of that plan. This is unsurprising in a way since Prof. Amar testified before that Commission.\xa0 There are other related plans in proposed statutes that lie in committees of the House and Senate.\xa0 We consider the features of all, the flaws we have diagnosed, and we also have some commentary on some other aspects of the President\u2019s proposals, including a possible constitutional amendment.\xa0 Lots to consider this week!\xa0 CLE credit is available for judges and lawyers from podcast.njsba.com.