Democrat career politician Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island—who is now serving his 19th year in the U.S. Senate—has introduced a bill that would impose an 18-year term limit.

But this term limit would not apply to members of Congress. It would apply to Supreme Court justices.

"Term limits and regular appointments would make the Court more representative of everyday Americans and help restore the Supreme Court to the proper independent body it was created to be," said Whitehouse, who first entered federal office 33 years ago, when former President Bill Clinton made him U.S. attorney for Rhode Island.

Democrat career politician Richard Blumenthal—who is now in his 15th year in the Senate and whose current term runs until January 2029—joined Whitehouse in sponsoring the Supreme Court term-limit bill. "This legislation is critical to the Supreme Court's survival as an independent branch of government, and its accountability to the American people," Blumenthal said.

Blumenthal's start in federal politics came 57 years ago, when he worked as an aide in the Nixon White House.

Democrat Sens. Cory Booker (N.J.) and Alex Padilla (Calif.) are also sponsoring the Supreme Court term-limit bill. But neither Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Booker, nor Padilla has ever sponsored a bill to impose term limits on members of Congress.

Would these senators have proposed term limits on Supreme Court justices in 1973—when the court issued Roe v. Wade and declared a constitutional right to abortion? Of course not.

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