{"id":3977,"date":"2023-06-26T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:17:36","slug":"pelosi-wants-to-violate-constitution-by-placing-term-limits-on-the-supreme-court-but-not-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3977","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Wants to Violate Constitution By Placing Term Limits on The Supreme Court but Not Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Nancy Pelosi in a recent sit-down interview with MSNBC\u2019s Jen Psaki, called for The Supreme Court to have term limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi who has been in office for over 36 years and has never once rallied behind any bill that called for term limits on members of Congress told Psaki \u201cThere certainly should be term limits\u201d when it comes to The Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic lawmaker from California also discussed the idea of expanding the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi stated \u201cIt\u2019s been over 150 years since we\u2019ve had an expansion of the court. It was in the time of Lincoln that it went up to nine, so the subject of whether that should happen is a discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WATCH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nancy Pelosi on The Supreme Court \u201cThere certainly should be term limits\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/846vHndXsA\">pic.twitter.com\/846vHndXsA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ALX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx\/status\/1673103081574211594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4066911-pelosi-says-there-certainly-should-be-term-limits-for-supreme-court-justices-leaves-door-open-for-expansion\/\">The Hill<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Supreme Court justices should have term limits, and left the door open for expansion of the nine-justice court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Pelosi said on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cInside with Jen Psaki\u201d that there \u201ccertainly should be term limits\u201d for the justices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">\u201cHere we have a body \u2026 chosen for life. Never have to run for office. Nominated, confirmed for life, with no accountability for their ethics behavior,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Placing term limits on The Supreme Court isn\u2019t as easy as Pelosi makes it out to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article III of the United States Constitution states Supreme Court Justices serve lifetime appointments so any attempt to place term limits on them calls for the Constitution to be amended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/10\/14\/biden-commission-weighs-supreme-court-packing-draft-report\/8444099002\/\">Biden<\/a>\u00a0administration previously formed a commission which aimed for structural changes to the Supreme Court such as placing term limits for justices at 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/06\/pelosi-wants-violate-constitution-placing-term-limits-supreme\/\">https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/06\/pelosi-wants-violate-constitution-placing-term-limits-supreme\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ruamupr.com\/wc\/3600\/13529\/16187\/16187,16441,15002.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ruamupr.com\/wc\/3600\/13529\/16187\/16187,16441,15002.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Nancy Pelosi in a recent sit-down interview with MSNBC\u2019s Jen Psaki, called for The Supreme Court to have term limits. Pelosi who has been in office for over 36 years and has never once rallied behind any bill that called for term limits on members of Congress told Psaki \u201cThere certainly should be term limits\u201d when it comes to The Supreme Court. The Democratic lawmaker from California also discussed the idea of expanding the Supreme Court. 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