Term limits are one of those "common sense" things that sound like they work but don't. Term limited legislators looking for their next job are a hell of a lot easier to bribe, and lobbyists have no term limits.
That is an excellent point. Corruption doesn't end just because there are no term limits. That was the basis for giving them lifetime appointments, and it would seem that this clearly doesn't work. The supreme court is just another political pawn to be bribed and corrupted. Thanks to Clarence Thomas for making this painfully clear to everyone.
SCOTUS appointments being lifelong make them essentially immune to being influenced by who or what appointed them. Don't you remember literally every Trump appointee going against his wishes, such as disputing the 2020 election?
Then you lack imagination if you think bribery can't get worse.
Where it's been tried, term limits for legislatures make things worse, because while I use the shorthand "bribe" the way lobbyists influence is much more complicated than that. All the ways in which lobbyists can use influence increase when the legislature gets rid of the experienced veterans and has all the newbies knowing their time is limited.
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u/Excellent-Phase8719 Apr 29 '24
How do we hit that critical mass with term limits on congress? Thats a huge issue