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Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2025

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US HR 3544 · House Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
In committee
Started in
House
Sponsors
89
Latest action
May 21, 2025

What it does

The bill would establish 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices, requiring the President to nominate one justice during the first and third years after each presidential election, with Senate confirmation required within 90 days (or 120 days if a nomination is withdrawn or disapproved). It would limit justices to a single 18-year term and mandate that sitting justices appointed before the bill’s enactment be deemed retired in order of seniority as new justices are commissioned, ensuring the Court maintains its statutory number of active justices. Retired justices could be randomly selected by the Chief Justice to serve temporarily as associate justices if vacancies reduce the Court below…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    May 21, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · May 21, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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