Recent polling released by NBC News shows that only 22% of Americans have confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court. In the wake of that growing unpopularity, a new proposal in Congress would amend the Constitution to impose 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices. Democratic Rep. Johnny Olszewski of Maryland joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
If I had to guess, that math might be if you were to have a new justice appointed every 2 years, which IMO is reasonable. 9 total justices, so 18 years before a given seat’s rotation would come up again.
A sitting president could nominate 2 justices in a single term, 4 if they win a second. That allows the greatest amount of turnover in an 8-year period without enabling a single president to fill a majority of the court with their own picks during their term.