{"title":"Saving This Honorable Court: A Proposal to Replace Life Tenure on the Supreme Court with Staggered, Nonrenewable Eighteen-Year Terms","authors":"James E. DiTullio, John B. Schochet","doi":"10.2307/3202417","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION .............................................................................1094 I. LIFE TENURE: AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION?.........................................................................1098 II. THE PROBLEM..........................................................................1101 A. Strategic Retirements ............................................................ 1101 B. Incentives for Young Nominees........................................... 1110 C. Random Distribution of Appointments .............................. 1116 III. THE SOLUTION AND WHY IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM...........1119 A. Outline of the Proposed Constitutional Amendment........ 1119 B. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Removes Incentives for Strategic Retirements..................................... 1120 C. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Removes Incentives for Young Nominees........................................... 1122 D. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Fairly Distributes Appointments..................................................... 1123 IV. WHY THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS","PeriodicalId":47840,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Law Review","volume":"90 1","pages":"1093"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/3202417","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Virginia Law Review","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/3202417","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"LAW","Score":null,"Total":0}
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INTRODUCTION .............................................................................1094 I. LIFE TENURE: AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION?.........................................................................1098 II. THE PROBLEM..........................................................................1101 A. Strategic Retirements ............................................................ 1101 B. Incentives for Young Nominees........................................... 1110 C. Random Distribution of Appointments .............................. 1116 III. THE SOLUTION AND WHY IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM...........1119 A. Outline of the Proposed Constitutional Amendment........ 1119 B. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Removes Incentives for Strategic Retirements..................................... 1120 C. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Removes Incentives for Young Nominees........................................... 1122 D. The Proposed Constitutional Amendment Fairly Distributes Appointments..................................................... 1123 IV. WHY THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS
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