Several recent polls show a majority of Americans support term limits for Supreme Court justices, and lawmakers debated the topic at a Senate hearing last week, questioning whether the court had overstepped its bounds with recent decisions.
WASHINGTON — Less than a week after the Supreme Court’s landmark rulings on same-sex marriage and health care, Sen. Ted Cruz came out swinging against the court — proposing a constitutional amendment designed to hold justices accountable through judicial elections every eight years.
A backlash was perhaps not surprising from the conservative Texas Republican, coming in the wake of two rulings that were widely praised by liberals.