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ShareA significant majority of Americans approve of ending lifetime appointments for judges, new polling shows.A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday unveiled the Supreme Court, adding four new justices so there would be 13 judges instead of the current nine. The effort came after former President and the Republican-controlled added three new conservative justices to the nation's top court to replace deceased and retiring judges, shifting the courts balance to a 6-to-3 conservative majority.While relatively few American support expanding the Supreme Court, according to the , most would like to see some kind of term or age limits placed on judges serving in the judicial body. The survey found that 63 percent of Americans approve of ending the current lifetime appointment system, which allows justices to serve until they retire, die or are impeached.Just 22 percent said they would oppose term limits, and the rest of respondents did not have an opinion on the suggested change.Meanwhile, just 38 percent of those polled said they would approve of adding four additional justices to the top court, as the group of Democratic lawmakers has proposed. Comparatively, 42 percent said they opposed the idea, and the rest of Americans were unsure.Although many , and particularly progressives, have been calling for serious judicial reforms and potentially packing the Supreme Court for some time, the proposal revealed this week does not appear to have any path forward at the present. Speaker of the House , a California Democrat, she has "no plans to bring it to the floor" for a vote.But President has also formed a bi-partisan committee to examine the idea of adding more justices as well as other possible changes.Republicans have the idea. Senate Minority Leader , a Kentucky Republican who was key to pushing through Trump's conservative judicial nominees, has condemned the Democrats' consideration of such proposals."Democrats keep showing they don't care about norms and institutions, only power. The latest example: a bill to pack the Supreme Court and destroy its legitimacy to guarantee the rulings liberals want," McConnell tweeted on Thursday.House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, strongly criticized the proposal as well."Democrats want to add 4 new justices to the Supreme Court of their choosing to force their socialist agenda on the American people. They would rather dismantle this nation than dignify the Constitution. It should scare every single American," McCarthy wrote on last week.Despite Republican concerns, the number of Supreme Court justices has been changed multiple times throughout American history. Proponents of a court-packing plan point out that the number of Supreme Court justices as well as other judicial reforms are the purview of , although the current level of nine judges has been in place . Prior to that, the number of top court justices was changed six times., orVSCHOOSE YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONPREMIUMDIGITAL+ Ad FreeNEWSLETTERBEST OF NEWSWEEK VIA EMAILJoin half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters

ShareA significant majority of Americans approve of ending lifetime appointments for judges, new polling shows.A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday unveiled the Supreme Court, adding four new justices so there would be 13 judges instead of the current nine. The effort came after former President and the Republican-controlled added three new conservative justices to the nation's top court to replace deceased and retiring judges, shifting the courts balance to a 6-to-3 conservative majority.While relatively few American support expanding the Supreme Court, according to the , most would...

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