HR3544Referred to Committee

Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-21
Introduced
74
Cosponsors
HR
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
Democrat · GA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.1% (544 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (74)

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-05-21

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Plain-English Summary

This bill would limit how long Supreme Court justices can serve by establishing 18-year term limits, after which justices would move to a senior status with reduced duties rather than retiring completely. The change would mean each president gets to appoint roughly one new justice every two years instead of waiting for justices to voluntarily retire, which could make the Court's composition more predictable and less dependent on individual justices' life expectancy. This would affect the nine current justices and reshape how the Supreme Court operates going forward.

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