Biden Supreme Court term limit bid gives some at-risk Senate Democrats pause

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The plan’s unveiling came in the final months of Biden’s presidency and is meant to energize the base with a: enforceable ethics rules, a constitutional amendment to reverse presidential immunity, and 18-year term limits, to allow a new appointment to the nine-member court every two years.

Both Democrats are among those in battleground Senate races this November that could determine Senate control. Tester’s contest is rated a “toss-up” by nonpartisan election forecasters, while Baldwin’s is “lean Democrat.” Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have been at the center of accusations by Democrats of ethical violations — Thomas for failing to disclose gifts from wealthy conservative friends and Alito for his wife’s association with right-wing groups or movements. Both have defended their impartiality and declined to recuse themselves from cases tied to former President Donald Trump and the Capitol riot.

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