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They can talk the talk, but we need to see them walk the walk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, the Tea Party comparisons seem a bit premature. For one, the brunt of the criticisms leveled at these town halls seem to focus on the Democratic Party’s posture, not its platform.[aside postID=news_12032994 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-07-KQED-1.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is showing up at these things screaming that we need to be more to the left on any one particular policy,” said Orrin Evans, a Democratic strategist who has worked in many of California’s battleground House districts. “It’s ‘Where’s the backbone? 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"content": "\u003cp>BAKERSFIELD — Erlinda Carrillo is already exhausted by the first two months of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump’s\u003c/a> second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter lost her job at a scientific research institute after the Trump administration canceled its government contract. She’s worried layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031166/federal-judge-in-sf-orders-trump-administration-to-reverse-mass-firings-at-6-agencies\">affect care for her brother\u003c/a>, a Vietnam War veteran. And she’s concerned about her Social Security benefits \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5320263/social-security-administration-changes-identity-office\">amid cost-cutting\u003c/a> at the Social Security Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m tired of all of the backlash that we’re actually getting due to Donald Trump,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carillo and her husband, Mitch, went looking for inspiration in the gym of a Bakersfield community center, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032453/rep-ro-khanna-on-how-democrats-should-fight-back\">where Rep. Ro Khanna\u003c/a> held a town hall meeting on Sunday — hundreds of miles from his Silicon Valley district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was part of a day-long barnstorming tour of meetings in three districts represented by California Republicans for Khanna, a Democrat. Khanna mocked Republicans for not holding in-person town halls and denounced the GOP budget framework that could set the table for cuts to Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032694 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-12-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audrey Chavez (center) listens at a town hall meeting with Rep. Ro Khanna at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He also got a taste of the rising frustration among Democratic voters who have criticized party leaders for lacking vitality and vision in their response to Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dispirited Democrats made up much of the crowd in Bakersfield. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5327600/house-democrats-outrage-spending\">reserved particular criticism\u003c/a> for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who led nine Democrats in voting for a Republican-authored budget resolution to avoid a government shutdown earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When is the Democratic Party going to set aside its peacetime leaders and bring up some wartime leaders?” Darren Bly asked Khanna. “Because that’s what we need.”[aside postID=news_12032453 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/GettyImages-1394023104-1020x680.jpg']Khanna reiterated his stance that the party’s “old guard needs to step aside,” and said, “If the party is letting us down, it’s time to rebuild the party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are not fighting and marching and organizing, then you don’t understand the moment,” he continued. “We need Democratic leaders who are going to be with the people in the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25597409-nbc-march-2025-poll/?q=stick&mode=document#document/p16\">recent NBC poll\u003c/a> found that 20% of Democratic voters have negative views of the party. Unlike in 2017, when most Democratic voters hoped their party would pursue compromise and consensus in Congress, the survey found 65% of Democratic voters want House Democrats to stick to their positions, even if it leads to gridlock in Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what we want to see,” said Mitch Carillo, pointing to Khanna as he paced the makeshift stage answering questions. “They were mentioning the old guard in the Democratic Party, and they’ve done some really great things, but it’s time to step aside and let’s let this younger generation come in and see what they can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the Republicans aren’t playing fair, they’re not playing by the rule book, I mean, whatever it takes to win, they’ll do,” Carillo added. “The Democrats don’t have an answer for that. I think people like Ro Khanna do have an answer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From center right) Connie Wright, Sally MacGuire and Ali Ramirez applaud and cheer at a town hall meeting with Rep. Ro Khanna at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the short-term, Khanna is hoping strategic organizing efforts can strong-arm the Republican votes needed to block potential cuts to Medicaid, which covers health care for Americans with low incomes, disabilities or who live in nursing homes. His choice of the 22nd District was no accident: Two-thirds of residents receive health coverage through Medicaid, according to the California Budget & Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need three Republicans — three Republicans — to prevent the cuts to Medicaid,” Khanna told the crowd on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district’s representative, David Valadao, said in a speech on the House floor last month that he has heard from many constituents “who tell me the only way they can afford health care is through programs like Medicaid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will not support a final reconciliation bill that risks leaving them behind,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032695 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawna Sodders-Simpson holds a sign at a town hall meeting with Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Khanna reiterated his stance that the party’s “old guard needs to step aside,” and said, “If the party is letting us down, it’s time to rebuild the party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are not fighting and marching and organizing, then you don’t understand the moment,” he continued. “We need Democratic leaders who are going to be with the people in the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25597409-nbc-march-2025-poll/?q=stick&mode=document#document/p16\">recent NBC poll\u003c/a> found that 20% of Democratic voters have negative views of the party. 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"content": "\u003cp>On May 3, a mob rushed into a tribal area in the Indian state of Manipur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They started screaming ‘Kill Kuki, Kill Kuki’ and started burning our church,” Niang Hangzo, a San José resident who immigrated to the United States in 1990, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hangzo was born and raised in Manipur. Nestled in the mountains of northeast India, Manipur, which borders Myanmar, is about the size of New Hampshire and has a population of 3.7 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty of Hangzo’s family members used to live in this region, which is currently engulfed in violent conflict. At least 150 people have died as a result and more than 60,000 were displaced, according to the International Crisis Group. Those displaced include Hangzo’s 86-year-old mother, six of Hangzo’s siblings and several cousins who are now in Delhi, more than 1,500 miles from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violence erupted after a local court ruling awarded government benefits to the Meitei, a mostly Hindu community that maintains a majority in the area. The Kuki tribal community, who are mostly Christian and represent the minority faction, protested. That prompted the waves of armed Meitei mobs that are unofficially supported by the state government, according to activists and human rights groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, which is in charge of India’s central government, has stoked politically motivated policies promoting Hindu majoritarianism, according to Human Rights Watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bloodshed is resonating within the large Indian diaspora in the Bay Area. Rallies, hunger strikes and educational Zoom meetings were held to raise awareness of the persecution of the Kuki community in Manipur.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Niang Hangzo, co-founder, North American Manipur Tribal Association\"]‘They had to run for their lives with just the clothes on their back.’[/pullquote]Hangzo, like most of her family in India, is a member of the Kuki, which is sometimes referred to as Kuki-Zomi or Kuki-Zo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the mob burned the church, Hangzo’s family hid in a local hotel. They watched the growing mob outside on the security camera before escaping to an army camp. Hangzo and others convinced them to leave the region by plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had to run for their lives with just the clothes on their back,” said Hangzo, who works as an engineer in the tech industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With luck and help from people Hangzo describes as “angels,” the family made it safely out of the region. Images from the local news channel showed their homes looted and burned. Eleven members are now crowded in a three-bedroom apartment in New Delhi, India’s capital. Despite leaving all their possessions behind, Hangzo said they feel fortunate to have made it out alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the violence broke out in Manipur, Hangzo has dedicated her time to informing people about the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is one of the founding members of the North American Manipur Tribal Association, a national organization formed to promote awareness of the hill tribes of Manipur in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group wrote letters to President Joe Biden, asking him to raise the issue when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the U.S. at the end of June. NAMTA also coordinated efforts with the Indian American Muslim Council, Hindus for Human Rights, as well as Indian Christian organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not much we can do on our own, but I think the atrocities and the stories from Manipur have shaken people and shaken the conscience of other people,” Hangzo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indian communities in the Bay Area held rallies in Oakland, Palo Alto and Fremont after a video showing two Kuki women being assaulted in public went viral in India. Members of the Muslim, Sikh and Dalit communities in the Bay Area also combined efforts to pressure congressional leaders to take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stands outdoors in front of a building holding signs while one person speaks into a megaphone.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shan Sankaran (left) stands alongside Niang Hangzo (right) at a rally outside of Oakland City Hall on July 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of North American Manipur Tribal Association.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pieter Friedrich and Shan Sankaran protested the treatment of the Kuki with a hunger strike. Friedrich, a human rights advocate, ended his fast after nine days at the request of NAMTA and the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Sankaran, a Sunnyvale resident, ended his hunger strike after 10 days. Sankaran said if the central government wanted the crisis under control, they would’ve taken action earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not the first incident under this administration,” said Sankaran, recalling how Modi was denied a visa to the U.S. for several years for “severe violations of religious freedom.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Niang Hangzo, co-founder, North American Manipur Tribal Association\"]‘It’s very difficult living in sort of limbo for them and for us. We have become so embroiled in what’s happening out there that that’s become our reality more than what’s going on here.’[/pullquote] Friedrich, who has written extensively on Hindu nationalism, said “what is happening in Manipur is being driven by the Hindutva movement in India,” which is the political ideology that believes in Hindu supremacy and that India’s identity is inseparable from the Hindu religion. Friedrich wants Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Hangzo, like most of her family in India, is a member of the Kuki, which is sometimes referred to as Kuki-Zomi or Kuki-Zo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the mob burned the church, Hangzo’s family hid in a local hotel. They watched the growing mob outside on the security camera before escaping to an army camp. Hangzo and others convinced them to leave the region by plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had to run for their lives with just the clothes on their back,” said Hangzo, who works as an engineer in the tech industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With luck and help from people Hangzo describes as “angels,” the family made it safely out of the region. Images from the local news channel showed their homes looted and burned. Eleven members are now crowded in a three-bedroom apartment in New Delhi, India’s capital. Despite leaving all their possessions behind, Hangzo said they feel fortunate to have made it out alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the violence broke out in Manipur, Hangzo has dedicated her time to informing people about the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is one of the founding members of the North American Manipur Tribal Association, a national organization formed to promote awareness of the hill tribes of Manipur in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group wrote letters to President Joe Biden, asking him to raise the issue when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the U.S. at the end of June. NAMTA also coordinated efforts with the Indian American Muslim Council, Hindus for Human Rights, as well as Indian Christian organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not much we can do on our own, but I think the atrocities and the stories from Manipur have shaken people and shaken the conscience of other people,” Hangzo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indian communities in the Bay Area held rallies in Oakland, Palo Alto and Fremont after a video showing two Kuki women being assaulted in public went viral in India. Members of the Muslim, Sikh and Dalit communities in the Bay Area also combined efforts to pressure congressional leaders to take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stands outdoors in front of a building holding signs while one person speaks into a megaphone.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230803-Manipur-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shan Sankaran (left) stands alongside Niang Hangzo (right) at a rally outside of Oakland City Hall on July 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of North American Manipur Tribal Association.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pieter Friedrich and Shan Sankaran protested the treatment of the Kuki with a hunger strike. Friedrich, a human rights advocate, ended his fast after nine days at the request of NAMTA and the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Sankaran, a Sunnyvale resident, ended his hunger strike after 10 days. Sankaran said if the central government wanted the crisis under control, they would’ve taken action earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not the first incident under this administration,” said Sankaran, recalling how Modi was denied a visa to the U.S. for several years for “severe violations of religious freedom.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> Friedrich, who has written extensively on Hindu nationalism, said “what is happening in Manipur is being driven by the Hindutva movement in India,” which is the political ideology that believes in Hindu supremacy and that India’s identity is inseparable from the Hindu religion. Friedrich wants Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) to publicly condemn the violence in Manipur on the House floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve consistently used my position in Congress to defend human rights and admire the activists who work to drive change on these important issues,” Khanna told KQED in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that he “condemns all violence against civilians or places of worship in Manipur and speaks out on those issues whenever I can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hangzo wants to see politicians “raise the humanitarian issue of the ethnic cleansing of the Kuki-Zomi and the genocide that is in progress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their lands are being seized,” she said of the Kuki.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hangzo gets up every morning and routinely checks news and messages to see what happened the night before. Her mother wants to return to Manipur and be among familiar surroundings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult living in sort of limbo for them and for us,” said Hangzo, who plans to go to India in December. “We have become so embroiled in what’s happening out there that that’s become our reality more than what’s going on here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Controversial decisions by the Supreme Court in late June have dealt a blow to programs aimed at increasing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954709/timeline-a-heated-history-of-affirmative-action-in-america\">racial diversity in college admissions\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954743/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-christian-web-designer-who-denies-lgbtq-clients\">LGBTQ+ rights\u003c/a> and the ability of 43 million Americans to get some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954741/supreme-court-student-loan-decision-how-affects-you\">relief from their student loan debt\u003c/a> — all a year after the high court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States and leading to a flood of abortion restrictions and bans across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent slew of decisions prompted a wave of criticism from liberals and supporters of diversity in higher education and the workplace — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kqed.org/news/11954741/supreme-court-student-loan-decision-how-affects-you&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1689028990768007&usg=AOvVaw0G7lqsvIXKTHU-9HKW4UiH\">Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who called the Supreme Court a “corrupt, right-wing court”\u003c/a> — and reignited long-standing calls for reforming the judicial branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Representative Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) led the call by reintroducing the \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-and-beyer-reintroduce-scotus-term-limits-bill-following-court-blocking\">Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act\u003c/a> on June 30, specifically prompted by the Supreme Court’s decision that blocked the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking aim at the current lifetime tenure of Supreme Court justices, Khanna’s bill aims to \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-and-beyer-reintroduce-scotus-term-limits-bill-following-court-blocking\">enact 18-year term limits for the justices and to “stop extreme partisanship”\u003c/a> in a court he described as “regressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, congressional reforms to the Supreme Court — called \u003ca href=\"https://fixthecourt.com/about-us/\">the least accountable branch of the United States’ government\u003c/a> by nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://fixthecourt.com/\">advocacy group Fix the Court\u003c/a> — is an uphill climb, given Republican control of the House and the reluctance of even some Democrats (and independents like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema) to tamper with Supreme Court policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about Khanna’s bill, its possible chances of success and what to know about reforming the Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why don’t Supreme Court justices have term limits? Do other countries do this?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Constitution says that Supreme Court justices “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,” meaning they have a lifetime tenure “\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=How%20long%20is%20the%20term,removed%20from%20office%20by%20impeachment.\">as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment\u003c/a>.” For example, former Justice Stephen G. Breyer retired at 83 last June, and had been on the Supreme Court since 1994. Ruth Bader Ginberg died at 87 in 2020, after serving for 27 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-3/#:~:text=Article%20III%20Judicial%20Branch&text=The%20judicial%20Power%20of%20the,to%20time%20ordain%20and%20establish.\">according to Article III of the U.S. Constitution\u003c/a>. And in drafting the Constitution, the framers harkened back to experiences with England and erratic decision-making from monarchs — according to Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, which \u003ca href=\"https://fixthecourt.com/about-us/\">advocates for non-ideological “fixes” that would make the Supreme Court more accountable\u003c/a>. (Roth says he’s discussed the term limits bill with Khanna for years, and was part of the recent reintroduction announcement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roth explains that in the late 1700s, King George III himself was firing judges in United States colonies — which prompted state courts to write their own constitutions to say judges can hold their offices during good behavior. This line was then adopted in the U.S. Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. is really different from other countries,” said Roth, “because our Constitution is so old, and it traces its roots to the 1700s.” The roots of our current Supreme Court situation lie, says Roth, with government dysfunction in England and this growing conflict between King George and the colonies. “And that’s — to me — not a great reason to maintain the practice of life tenure,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roth notes that “most countries have a mandatory retirement age or a retention election or a term limit or some combination thereof.” For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.brazilcounsel.com/blog/the-supreme-court-of-brazil#:~:text=Once%20appointed%2C%20Supreme%20Court%20justices,themselves%20to%20represent%20the%20court.\">the retirement age in Brazil\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.scc-csc.ca/contact/faq/qa-qr-eng.aspx#:~:text=A%20Judge%20holds%20office%20during,Senate%20and%20House%20of%20Commons.\">Canada\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.jcpc.uk/news/new-appointments-to-the-uks-top-appeal-court-2022.html#:~:text=Following%20the%20increase%20of%20the,re%2Dappointed%20as%20a%20Justice.\">the United Kingdom\u003c/a> is 75. In \u003ca href=\"https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3644/Third%20Amicus%20Curiae%20Heads%20of%20Argument-17086.pdf?sequence=12&isAllowed=y#:~:text=The%20words%20%E2%80%9CA%20Constitutional%20Court,or%20until%20they%20reach%2070\">South Africa (PDF)\u003c/a>, it’s 70. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/EN/Das-Gericht/Organisation/organisation_node.html#:~:text=A%20Justice's%20term%20of%20office,may%20not%20be%20re%2Delected.\">in Germany, it is 68 years old\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other democracies have reflections of increased life expectancy in the modern age and accumulation of power by judges, and needed ways to reduce those things by instituting term limits or mandatory retirement ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to the Supreme Court, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Length_of_terms_of_state_supreme_court_justices\">almost all U.S. states have a mandatory retirement age\u003c/a> or retention election or term limit for its state court judges. “So the U.S. is not only an outlier globally — it’s an outlier within the various systems of the judiciary that are set up within the [U.S.],” Roth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955166\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01.jpg\" alt=\"Opposing protestors clash at a rally about the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action. One side of demonstrators hold signs that read, "Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race," while others hold signs that read, "Diversity Opportunity Justice."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters for and against affirmative action rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 29. In a decision that split its conservative and liberal justices, the Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina were unconstitutional, setting a precedent for admissions at other universities and colleges. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>So, can a Supreme Court justice be impeached?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes — but \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=The%20only%20Justice%20to%20be,Have%20there%20always%20been%20nine%3F\">only one justice has ever been impeached\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1805, the justice in question, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/us-v-samuel-chase-answer-samuel-chase-1805\">Samuel Chase, was under fire for partisan leanings\u003c/a> but was acquitted by the Senate. So he was never removed from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, in 1965, Abe Fortas was a justice appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the following years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/justices/abe_fortas\">Fortas was accused of accepting money\u003c/a> from a financier and resigned in 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Impeaching a Supreme Court justice, said Roth, is “the same process as impeaching and removing a president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a majority of the House to impeach, which is like an indictment, essentially. And you need two-thirds of the Senate to vote to remove,” Roth explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lower court judges have been removed via impeachment for things like taking bribes or acting erratically in the courtroom,” he said. “But just given how partisan our country and our House and Senate are, I think it would be very difficult in the Senate … to get 67 senators to agree on anything, let alone removing a Supreme Court justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way that Supreme Court justices are going to leave the court, I think it’s going to be mostly death or retirement and old age,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who is on the Supreme Court now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx\">There are nine justices on the Supreme Court\u003c/a>, most of whom were appointed by Republican presidents — one from George H.W. Bush, two from George W. Bush and three from Donald Trump. These justices are, in order of appointment, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Court recently has also been facing controversies outside of its recent rulings. \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus\">A series of investigations from ProPublica\u003c/a>, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization, found conflicts of interest among several conservative justices who took lavish gifts from conservative activist donors. The articles specifically highlighted Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does Rep. Khanna’s bill propose for the Supreme Court?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rep. Ro Khanna’s bill aims to enact \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-and-beyer-reintroduce-scotus-term-limits-bill-following-court-blocking\">18-year terms on the Supreme Court justices to “restore judicial independence”\u003c/a> — after which justices could then continue their work on lower courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Going forward, the bill would create a regular process to allow presidents to nominate a new justice to the Supreme Court every odd year — so two justices per four-year term,” Rep. Khanna said in \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/editorials/rep-ro-khanna-how-term-limits-would-restore-stability-and-impartiality-supreme\">a release explaining a past iteration of the bill\u003c/a>. “Justices would no longer have an incentive to strategize and plan their retirements around whichever party holds the White House. The goal of this bill is to restore judicial independence and ensure that justices are not too far out of step with the current generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our Founding Fathers intended for lifetime appointments to ensure impartiality,” Khanna said “The decision today (on student loans) demonstrates how justices have become partisan and out of step with the American public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1676681160049532930\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many Americans, the Supreme Court is a distant, secretive, unelected body that can make drastic changes in their lives without any accountability,” said co-sponsor Virginia Rep. Don Beyer. “I have long supported reforming the Supreme Court to limit terms to end lifetime tenures and ensure the court remains a fair and impartial arbiter of justice. Our bill would achieve this and help restore balance to a heavily politicized court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a release, \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/editorials/rep-ro-khanna-how-term-limits-would-restore-stability-and-impartiality-supreme\">Khanna said he was not worried about the 18-year limits further politicizing the court\u003c/a>, as some opponents claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The regular appointment process will help judges rotate more frequently instead of justices waiting to retire based on which party controls the White House and holds a Senate majority,” he said. “Confirmation hearings will also become an expected and regular part of the process instead of a life-and-death partisan fight that only further erodes the public’s trust in the court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fix the Court’s Roth says 18 years is a standard number referenced and debated among law experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have nine justices and new justices added every Congress, every two years. Nine times two is 18,” he explained, saying the 18-year plan became more popular during the recent 11-year period that saw no justice turnover from 1994 to 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is there support for this kind of Supreme Court reform?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll from April shows \u003ca href=\"https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/medication-abortions-and-the-u-s-supreme-court/\">68% of Americans support term limits for Supreme Court justices\u003c/a>. In fact, a majority of Republicans, Independents and Democrats who responded to the poll all agreed that there should be term limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, Khanna’s bill is supported by mostly Democrats, like California Rep. Rep. Barbara Lee and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. But term limits or some kind of Court reform have been a Republican talking point in the recent past, Roth said, citing essays written by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-most-dangerous-branch\">Missouri Sen. Joshua Hawley\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/ted-cruz-supreme-court-constitutional-amendment/\">Texas Sen. Ted Cruz\u003c/a>. In 2016, then-Republican presidential candidates \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/13/why-its-time-to-get-serious-about-supreme-court-term-limits/\">Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul also endorsed the idea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fast-forward nine years and now it’s only Democrats talking about term limits,” said Roth. “It’s interesting how the issue has been sort of flipped on its head from a partisan perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(But) this is an apolitical reform. There is no partisan balance to an 18-year term. It would apply to future justices that are appointed by Democratic presidents and Republican presidents alike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently the bill is Democrats only, but there’s no reason it can’t be a bipartisan effort,” Roth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954754\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut.jpg\" alt='A group of protesters hold signs reading \"Cancel Student Debt Now\" and \"End Student Debt\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of student debt forgiveness demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Washington, DC. The court dealt President Joe Biden a significant political setback when it overruled his key program to cancel the student debt of millions of Americans. \u003ccite>(Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What are the arguments against SCOTUS term limits?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2021, President Joe Biden formed a commission to discuss court reform. The commission was bipartisan and included former federal judges, practitioners and advocates. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/commission-approves-report-on-supreme-court-amid-partisan-differences-11638923592?mod=article_inline\">the commission did not have a consensus or recommendations for the court\u003c/a> in its final report, according to \u003cem>The Wall Street Journal\u003c/em>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SCOTUS-Report-Final-12.8.21-1.pdf\">Read the entire report here (PDF).\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the commissioners, Adam White, a senior fellow at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.c-span.org/organization/?2006/American-Enterprise-Institute\">conservative think tank The American Enterprise Institute\u003c/a>, said in a statement that \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/White-Statement.pdf\">term limits were problematic “especially when they are intended to allocate appointments on the calendar of presidential terms” (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By tying Supreme Court vacancies and appointments directly and exclusively to the outcomes of presidential elections, a term-limits framework would further corrode the appearance of judicial neutrality and independence, making the Court a spoil not just of politics, but of presidential politics exclusively,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is there a chance of Ro Khanna’s SCOTUS reform proposal actually passing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is the third time Khanna has brought this bill to Congress, introducing it in 2020 and 2021. And experts, like Cody Harris, partner at San Francisco law firm Keker, Van Nest and Peters, find it hard to see a bill like this passing — at least right now, in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about the Constitution here. The Constitution can be amended,” Harris said at a recent town hall event focused on the Supreme Court, at Manny’s, a community space in San Francisco. “It’s been amended plenty of times and 27 times, and it could always be amended further: for good or ill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwelcometomannys%2Fvideos%2F831600378368776%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=5250\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard to amend the Constitution,” said Harris — but, he added, it’s “not impossible. And if enough states, enough people in enough states want to change some of this stuff, they can.” (Skip to 1:27:30 in the above Facebook Watch video to see a panel of legal experts, including Harris, debate this issue.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roth agrees with that perspective, not expecting Ro Khanna’s bill to advance with a Republican-controlled House at this tie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans have said that they don’t want to reform the court, which is (what I) think is a a historical view. There have been Republicans in the past who have wanted to reform the court,” Roth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I still think it’s an important marker to put down to say, ‘Look, we shouldn’t have nine individuals with this much power for this long.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Controversial decisions by the Supreme Court in late June have dealt a blow to programs aimed at increasing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954709/timeline-a-heated-history-of-affirmative-action-in-america\">racial diversity in college admissions\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954743/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-christian-web-designer-who-denies-lgbtq-clients\">LGBTQ+ rights\u003c/a> and the ability of 43 million Americans to get some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954741/supreme-court-student-loan-decision-how-affects-you\">relief from their student loan debt\u003c/a> — all a year after the high court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States and leading to a flood of abortion restrictions and bans across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent slew of decisions prompted a wave of criticism from liberals and supporters of diversity in higher education and the workplace — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kqed.org/news/11954741/supreme-court-student-loan-decision-how-affects-you&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1689028990768007&usg=AOvVaw0G7lqsvIXKTHU-9HKW4UiH\">Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who called the Supreme Court a “corrupt, right-wing court”\u003c/a> — and reignited long-standing calls for reforming the judicial branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Representative Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) led the call by reintroducing the \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-and-beyer-reintroduce-scotus-term-limits-bill-following-court-blocking\">Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act\u003c/a> on June 30, specifically prompted by the Supreme Court’s decision that blocked the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking aim at the current lifetime tenure of Supreme Court justices, Khanna’s bill aims to \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-and-beyer-reintroduce-scotus-term-limits-bill-following-court-blocking\">enact 18-year term limits for the justices and to “stop extreme partisanship”\u003c/a> in a court he described as “regressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, congressional reforms to the Supreme Court — called \u003ca href=\"https://fixthecourt.com/about-us/\">the least accountable branch of the United States’ government\u003c/a> by nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://fixthecourt.com/\">advocacy group Fix the Court\u003c/a> — is an uphill climb, given Republican control of the House and the reluctance of even some Democrats (and independents like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema) to tamper with Supreme Court policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about Khanna’s bill, its possible chances of success and what to know about reforming the Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why don’t Supreme Court justices have term limits? Do other countries do this?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Constitution says that Supreme Court justices “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,” meaning they have a lifetime tenure “\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=How%20long%20is%20the%20term,removed%20from%20office%20by%20impeachment.\">as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment\u003c/a>.” For example, former Justice Stephen G. Breyer retired at 83 last June, and had been on the Supreme Court since 1994. Ruth Bader Ginberg died at 87 in 2020, after serving for 27 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-3/#:~:text=Article%20III%20Judicial%20Branch&text=The%20judicial%20Power%20of%20the,to%20time%20ordain%20and%20establish.\">according to Article III of the U.S. Constitution\u003c/a>. And in drafting the Constitution, the framers harkened back to experiences with England and erratic decision-making from monarchs — according to Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, which \u003ca href=\"https://fixthecourt.com/about-us/\">advocates for non-ideological “fixes” that would make the Supreme Court more accountable\u003c/a>. (Roth says he’s discussed the term limits bill with Khanna for years, and was part of the recent reintroduction announcement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roth explains that in the late 1700s, King George III himself was firing judges in United States colonies — which prompted state courts to write their own constitutions to say judges can hold their offices during good behavior. This line was then adopted in the U.S. Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. is really different from other countries,” said Roth, “because our Constitution is so old, and it traces its roots to the 1700s.” The roots of our current Supreme Court situation lie, says Roth, with government dysfunction in England and this growing conflict between King George and the colonies. “And that’s — to me — not a great reason to maintain the practice of life tenure,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roth notes that “most countries have a mandatory retirement age or a retention election or a term limit or some combination thereof.” For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.brazilcounsel.com/blog/the-supreme-court-of-brazil#:~:text=Once%20appointed%2C%20Supreme%20Court%20justices,themselves%20to%20represent%20the%20court.\">the retirement age in Brazil\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.scc-csc.ca/contact/faq/qa-qr-eng.aspx#:~:text=A%20Judge%20holds%20office%20during,Senate%20and%20House%20of%20Commons.\">Canada\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.jcpc.uk/news/new-appointments-to-the-uks-top-appeal-court-2022.html#:~:text=Following%20the%20increase%20of%20the,re%2Dappointed%20as%20a%20Justice.\">the United Kingdom\u003c/a> is 75. In \u003ca href=\"https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3644/Third%20Amicus%20Curiae%20Heads%20of%20Argument-17086.pdf?sequence=12&isAllowed=y#:~:text=The%20words%20%E2%80%9CA%20Constitutional%20Court,or%20until%20they%20reach%2070\">South Africa (PDF)\u003c/a>, it’s 70. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/EN/Das-Gericht/Organisation/organisation_node.html#:~:text=A%20Justice's%20term%20of%20office,may%20not%20be%20re%2Delected.\">in Germany, it is 68 years old\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other democracies have reflections of increased life expectancy in the modern age and accumulation of power by judges, and needed ways to reduce those things by instituting term limits or mandatory retirement ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to the Supreme Court, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Length_of_terms_of_state_supreme_court_justices\">almost all U.S. states have a mandatory retirement age\u003c/a> or retention election or term limit for its state court judges. “So the U.S. is not only an outlier globally — it’s an outlier within the various systems of the judiciary that are set up within the [U.S.],” Roth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955166\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01.jpg\" alt=\"Opposing protestors clash at a rally about the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action. One side of demonstrators hold signs that read, "Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race," while others hold signs that read, "Diversity Opportunity Justice."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/AffirmativeActionRally01-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters for and against affirmative action rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 29. In a decision that split its conservative and liberal justices, the Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina were unconstitutional, setting a precedent for admissions at other universities and colleges. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>So, can a Supreme Court justice be impeached?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes — but \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=The%20only%20Justice%20to%20be,Have%20there%20always%20been%20nine%3F\">only one justice has ever been impeached\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1805, the justice in question, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/us-v-samuel-chase-answer-samuel-chase-1805\">Samuel Chase, was under fire for partisan leanings\u003c/a> but was acquitted by the Senate. So he was never removed from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, in 1965, Abe Fortas was a justice appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the following years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/justices/abe_fortas\">Fortas was accused of accepting money\u003c/a> from a financier and resigned in 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Impeaching a Supreme Court justice, said Roth, is “the same process as impeaching and removing a president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a majority of the House to impeach, which is like an indictment, essentially. And you need two-thirds of the Senate to vote to remove,” Roth explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lower court judges have been removed via impeachment for things like taking bribes or acting erratically in the courtroom,” he said. “But just given how partisan our country and our House and Senate are, I think it would be very difficult in the Senate … to get 67 senators to agree on anything, let alone removing a Supreme Court justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way that Supreme Court justices are going to leave the court, I think it’s going to be mostly death or retirement and old age,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who is on the Supreme Court now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx\">There are nine justices on the Supreme Court\u003c/a>, most of whom were appointed by Republican presidents — one from George H.W. Bush, two from George W. Bush and three from Donald Trump. These justices are, in order of appointment, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Court recently has also been facing controversies outside of its recent rulings. \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus\">A series of investigations from ProPublica\u003c/a>, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization, found conflicts of interest among several conservative justices who took lavish gifts from conservative activist donors. The articles specifically highlighted Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“For many Americans, the Supreme Court is a distant, secretive, unelected body that can make drastic changes in their lives without any accountability,” said co-sponsor Virginia Rep. Don Beyer. “I have long supported reforming the Supreme Court to limit terms to end lifetime tenures and ensure the court remains a fair and impartial arbiter of justice. Our bill would achieve this and help restore balance to a heavily politicized court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a release, \u003ca href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/editorials/rep-ro-khanna-how-term-limits-would-restore-stability-and-impartiality-supreme\">Khanna said he was not worried about the 18-year limits further politicizing the court\u003c/a>, as some opponents claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The regular appointment process will help judges rotate more frequently instead of justices waiting to retire based on which party controls the White House and holds a Senate majority,” he said. “Confirmation hearings will also become an expected and regular part of the process instead of a life-and-death partisan fight that only further erodes the public’s trust in the court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fix the Court’s Roth says 18 years is a standard number referenced and debated among law experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have nine justices and new justices added every Congress, every two years. Nine times two is 18,” he explained, saying the 18-year plan became more popular during the recent 11-year period that saw no justice turnover from 1994 to 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is there support for this kind of Supreme Court reform?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll from April shows \u003ca href=\"https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/medication-abortions-and-the-u-s-supreme-court/\">68% of Americans support term limits for Supreme Court justices\u003c/a>. In fact, a majority of Republicans, Independents and Democrats who responded to the poll all agreed that there should be term limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, Khanna’s bill is supported by mostly Democrats, like California Rep. Rep. Barbara Lee and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. But term limits or some kind of Court reform have been a Republican talking point in the recent past, Roth said, citing essays written by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-most-dangerous-branch\">Missouri Sen. Joshua Hawley\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/ted-cruz-supreme-court-constitutional-amendment/\">Texas Sen. Ted Cruz\u003c/a>. In 2016, then-Republican presidential candidates \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/13/why-its-time-to-get-serious-about-supreme-court-term-limits/\">Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul also endorsed the idea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fast-forward nine years and now it’s only Democrats talking about term limits,” said Roth. “It’s interesting how the issue has been sort of flipped on its head from a partisan perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(But) this is an apolitical reform. There is no partisan balance to an 18-year term. It would apply to future justices that are appointed by Democratic presidents and Republican presidents alike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently the bill is Democrats only, but there’s no reason it can’t be a bipartisan effort,” Roth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954754\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut.jpg\" alt='A group of protesters hold signs reading \"Cancel Student Debt Now\" and \"End Student Debt\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66659_GettyImages-1364803352-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of student debt forgiveness demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Washington, DC. 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And experts, like Cody Harris, partner at San Francisco law firm Keker, Van Nest and Peters, find it hard to see a bill like this passing — at least right now, in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about the Constitution here. The Constitution can be amended,” Harris said at a recent town hall event focused on the Supreme Court, at Manny’s, a community space in San Francisco. “It’s been amended plenty of times and 27 times, and it could always be amended further: for good or ill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwelcometomannys%2Fvideos%2F831600378368776%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=5250\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard to amend the Constitution,” said Harris — but, he added, it’s “not impossible. 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And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who also was recently in the hospital — for a concussion — and just returned to the Senate Monday after more than a month’s absence, has not yet indicated whether he will cooperate with Schumer’s request to replace Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among California’s Democratic congressional delegation, only Ro Khanna, from Fremont, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946577/feinsteins-prolonged-absence-frustrates-senate-democrats\">publicly called on Feinstein to retire\u003c/a>. “Because Sen. Feinstein has been absent since February, I said enough is enough,” Khanna said last week. “We’ve got to tell the truth that Sen. Feinstein simply hasn’t been doing her job. And that’s why I called on her to resign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other high-profile Democrats, including House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, have stood by her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s interesting to me. 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