★ Presidential Survey
Start voting
Rights & Constitution · Live

Should Supreme Court justices have term limits?

0 votes 237 voting nowDemo data 15 days ago Cast your vote to see the split
Live right now
Should Congress restrict the sale of Americans' location data by commercial data brokers?TrendingShould states retain primary control over interstate river water under federal compacts?TrendingShould the United States use tariffs as a primary tool of trade policy?TrendingShould the Senate eliminate the filibuster?BriefShould states use independent redistricting commissions?BriefMandateTermPocket VetoTerm
The facts

Article III of the U.S. Constitution states that federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, 'shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,' a provision generally interpreted as lifetime tenure.

The average tenure of justices who left the Court before 1970 was about 15 years; for those who left between 1970 and 2022, it was roughly 27 years, according to Congressional Research Service data.

A 2022 Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court report found 'considerable, bipartisan support' among scholars for an 18-year term-limit proposal, while noting significant disagreement over whether it could be enacted by statute.

Polling by AP-NORC in 2022 found that roughly two-thirds of Americans supported imposing term limits on Supreme Court justices, with majority support among both Democrats and Republicans.

The United States is the only major constitutional democracy whose highest court justices serve for life; most peer nations use fixed terms, mandatory retirement ages, or both.

Understand the issue
Civics quick read
Glossary
Filibuster
The filibuster lets a Senate minority slow or stop legislation by refusing to end debate, forcing a 60-vote su
Glossary
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is when map-drawers shape districts to lock in election outcomes before voters cast a single ba
Civics
How the Electoral College works
The Electoral College is how Americans actually choose the President — not directly by popular vote, but through state-by-state electoral votes that total 538.
Open the full guide
Cast your vote
Should Supreme Court justices have term limits?
Live
Live results — — voters
Yes — impose 18-year term limits through a constitutional amendment0%
Yes — but only through statute, preserving lifetime status on lower courts0%
No — but adopt a binding ethics and recusal code instead0%
No — keep lifetime appointments as written in Article III0%
See live results from live voters
Cast your vote to unlock America’s reaction
Anonymous · one vote per person
You vs America
You matched the majority.
Your vote lines up with the current national reaction: most voters say the court was right.
Your vote
—
VS
America
—
How states are voting
Demo data
Once geographic aggregates ship, this section shows your state and the most dramatic agreement/disagreement around the country.
Virginia
55% Yes
Your state
Florida
51% No
leans opposite
Pennsylvania
53% Yes
close split
Michigan
57% Yes
strongest shift
Texas
54% No
disagrees
Georgia
50% Yes
nearly tied
Northeast
58% Yes
South
47% Yes
Midwest
54% Yes
West
61% Yes
Compare with people like you?
Optional: pick how you describe yourself politically to unlock sharper anonymous comparisons.
Live shifts
Demo data
Updating live
YES gained 4% nationally in the last hour as new votes surged from the Northeast.
1 hr
Florida flipped toward NO after trending narrowly YES earlier this afternoon.
18 min
1,248 new votes were submitted in the last 10 minutes.
Live
Full results — — votes
Your vote lines up with the current national reaction: most voters say the court was right.
Yes — impose 18-year term limits through a constitutional amendment0%
Yes — but only through statute, preserving lifetime status on lower courts0%
No — but adopt a binding ethics and recusal code instead0%
No — keep lifetime appointments as written in Article III0%