Democrats propose 18-year Supreme Court term limits as Mike Pence marks Clarence Thomas’s 34 years

On 2026-05-05, U.S. Congressman Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) introduced the Reform of Bench Eligibility (ROBE) Act, a proposed constitutional amendment to establish 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices. The proposal was framed in response to the Court's recent Voting Rights Act ruling, but the coded event is the same-day introduction of the reform measure in Washington, D.C.