Supreme Court reform has been a topic of discussion among political leaders, and justices will return to the bench in October.
A Harvard professor has theorized a way to incentivize U.S. Supreme Court justices to retire early.Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell professor of law emeritus at Harvard Law School, outlined his suggestions for Supreme Court reform in a recent 22-page essay.
Tushnet proposed a different approach when it comes to term limits: incentivizing the justices to retire. He pointed out that to mandate reform through statute, elected officials committed to reform must control the House, Senate and presidency. As Congress controls the court's budget, Tushnet suggested that members of Congress should 'reduce the number of law clerks each justice is authorized to hire.
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