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Should Supreme Court justices have term limits?

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Current split

How 152 Americans voted.

Yes — impose 18-year term limits through a constitutional amendment

15%

Yes — but only through statute, preserving lifetime status on lower courts

31%

No — but adopt a binding ethics and recusal code instead

25%

No — keep lifetime appointments as written in Article III

29%

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