Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- 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after each presidential election, with Senate confirmation required within 90 days (or 120 days if a nomination is withdrawn or disapproved).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
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Henry Johnson
- Adam Smith
- Adriano Espaillat
- Al Green
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alma Adams
- Analilia Mejia
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Angie Craig
- Ayanna Pressley
- Becca Balint
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Brad Sherman
- Chellie Pingree
- Chris Deluzio
- Christian Menefee
- Dan Goldman
- Danny Davis
- Dave Min
- Debbie Dingell
- Delia Ramirez
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Emily Randall
- Eric Sorensen
- Frederica Wilson
- George Latimer
- Grace Meng
- Greg Landsman
- Gregorio Casar
- Ilhan Omar
- Jake Auchincloss
- James Himes
- James McGovern
- Jamie Raskin
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jared Huffman
- Jasmine Crockett
- Jerrold Nadler
- Jesús García
- Jimmy Gomez
- John Mannion
- Joseph Morelle
- Josh Gottheimer
- Juan Vargas
- Judy Chu
- Kathy Castor
- Kevin Mullin
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.