• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The number of justices isn’t the reason for 18 years. It’s the length of Presidential administrations. A single administration is normally limited to 8 years, so the length of the SCOTUS term has to be more than double that to prevent them from nominating half the justices.

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      13 hours ago

      True, but it might be difficult to impose term limits because the Constitution says SCOTUS justices have lifetime appointments.