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Paul M. Collins, Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst

After Roe's overturning, Americans are demanding Supreme Court term limits

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning half a century of abortion rights under Roe v. Wade, nearly two-thirds of Americans want fundamental court reform, specifically term limits for Supreme Court justices.

Indeed, on July 25, 2022, Democrats introduced a bill that would allow a new justice to take the bench every two years and spend 18 years in active service.

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