Judicial Reform

Fixing a Historically Unpopular and Corrupt Supreme Court

Expanding the Court

I support expanding the Supreme Court to match the number of federal judicial circuits, ensuring the Court reflects the modern judiciary and the country it serves.

Appointment Reform

Our current appointment system is broken and overly politicized. I support a reformed appointment process that limits the number of Supreme Court appointments per elected president while ensuring regular, predictable turnover. I support a system in which each president is guaranteed two Supreme Court appointments per term — one at the beginning and one at the end of their term.

Under this system:

• Presidents would submit a shortlist of five qualified nominees for each appointment
• All nominees must have served as a judge for at least five years
• The Senate would be required to confirm one nominee from the list

Term Limits

To support this system, Supreme Court justices would no longer serve lifetime appointments. Instead, once the Court reaches its full size, the longest-serving justice would retire when a new appointment is made, ensuring steady rotation and preventing the concentration of power. There would also be a hard term-limit of 18 years for Supreme Court justices. For any judge who serves for their full term, pass away, is impeached, or resigns before their term is up, a lottery system would be used to appoint a replacement from a pool of qualified federal judges, ensuring that the Court remains fully staffed and functional at all times.

Ethics and Accountability

Finally, the Supreme Court must be held to the highest ethical standards. I support a mandatory and enforceable Code of Ethics for Supreme Court justices, overseen by a nonpartisan judicial panel with the authority to investigate misconduct and initiate disciplinary actions including removal for knowing and malicious violations.

Judicial independence depends on public trust, and public trust requires accountability.