Contributors

In considering the value of dissents, we should focus on substantive contributions to constitutional analysis and not just celebrate that our system allows them.

Predictable turnover on the high court would improve its stability and accountability, and the justices would still be safe from political retaliation.

Election officials, grand jurors, law enforcement partners, and judges can help curb abuse and safeguard sensitive information.

An assessment of nine polls shows a general public demand for changes to the appointment process and justices’ tenure.

Australians voted decades ago to require High Court judges to retire at age 70.

A fixed schedule for appointments would reduce political manipulation and make the Court more representative.

A former federal judge discusses how term limits for Supreme Court justices would afford them the same status and opportunities that retired justices and federal judges currently enjoy. 

Compared to other democracies, the United States is an outlier in granting life tenure to justices, producing diminishing returns and mounting costs.

While letting justices serve during “good behavior” was designed to encourage impartiality, it now tends to promote the opposite effect. Term limits offer one solution to this problem.

Several high-profile individuals have made false claims that noncitizens are voting in large numbers and that those votes are distorting American election outcomes.