Term Limits

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday called for sweeping Washington reform including term limits for congressional lawmakers, telling supporters “it’s time to drain the swamp.”

Under Trump's proposal, members of the House of Representatives would serve a maximum of six years, while Senators would be limited to 12 years in office.

“Decades of special interests, decades of failure must come to an end,” said Trump, who vowed, if elected, to try to impose the term limits through a constitutional amendment...

President Trump has once again floated the idea of testing the Constitution's presidential term limits by seeking a third term, as his administration continues to challenge constitutional provisions and push an expansive view of executive power.

After telling NBC News that he's "not joking" about the possibility and that there are "methods" that would allow him to serve a third time, Trump declined to confirm to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that he's planning to leave the White House after his second term ends on Jan. 20, 2029...

Vice President Kamala Harris is embracing President Joe Biden’s call to revamp the Supreme Court.

Like her boss, it’s the first time she has ever endorsed structural changes to the court. But there are small signs that, if elected president, Harris would prioritize the issue more forcefully than Biden ever has.

This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No one.

But the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on July 1 to grant presidents broad immunity from prosecution for crimes they commit in office means there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. The only limits will be those that are self-imposed by the person occupying the Oval Office.

Why we should limit the terms of Supreme Court justices.

On Monday, President Joe Biden will resurface from his White House exile to unveil his plan to reshape the Supreme Court. The details aren’t known, but one of the items is likely to be a good idea: term limits for Supreme Court justices.

President Joe Biden has outlined his vision for reforming the U.S. Supreme Court in an opinion piece for the Washington Post.

Biden's "three bold reforms" include ensuring former presidents have no immunity for crimes committed while in office, term limits for Supreme Court justices, and a binding code of conduct for the court.

The president said that the proposed changes aim to restore public trust in the court and ensure accountability.

President Biden will make the case on Monday for radically transforming the Supreme Court. 

While the White House announced the major changes Biden's pushing in a fact sheet, the president is expected to deliver remarks about them during a scheduled speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.  He also penned an op-ed in The Washington Post detailing his plan.