{"id":37712,"date":"2020-10-16T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=37712"},"modified":"2020-10-19T13:17:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T17:17:19","slug":"the-lefts-wish-for-term-limits-would-make-the-supreme-court-even-more-politicized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2020\/10\/16\/the-lefts-wish-for-term-limits-would-make-the-supreme-court-even-more-politicized\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left\u2019s Wish for Term Limits Would Make the Supreme Court Even More Politicized"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court has ignited an expected, yet unfortunate, conflagration on the left. With few procedural levers to pull and little chance of blocking Barrett\u2019s confirmation, the radical left wing of the Democratic Party has threatened to \u201cpack the court,\u201d if given the chance, by increasing the number of sitting justices.<\/p>\n